Gaia: A New Look at Life on EarthOUP Oxford, 28 wrz 2000 - 176 In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that life is passive in the face of threats to its existence, the book explores the hypothesis that the Earth's living matter influences air, ocean, and rock to form a complex, self-regulating system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life. Since Gaia was first published, Jim Lovelock's hypothesis has become a hotly debated topic in scientific circles. In a new Preface to this edition, he outlines his view of the present state of the debate. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think. |
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... elements . I am glad that I saw Redfield's contribution to the development of the Gaia hypothesis in time to acknowledge it . I now know that there were many others who had these and similar thoughts , including the Russian scientist ...
... elements . I am glad that I saw Redfield's contribution to the development of the Gaia hypothesis in time to acknowledge it . I now know that there were many others who had these and similar thoughts , including the Russian scientist ...
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... element in the chemically stable form of the nitrate ion dissolved in the sea . Our findings and conclusions were , of course , very much out of step with conventional geochemical wisdom in the mid - sixties . With some exceptions ...
... element in the chemically stable form of the nitrate ion dissolved in the sea . Our findings and conclusions were , of course , very much out of step with conventional geochemical wisdom in the mid - sixties . With some exceptions ...
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... elements essential in all biological systems , for example , iodine and sulphur . It was rewarding to find evidence that both were conveyed from the oceans , where they are abundant , through the air to the land surface , where they are ...
... elements essential in all biological systems , for example , iodine and sulphur . It was rewarding to find evidence that both were conveyed from the oceans , where they are abundant , through the air to the land surface , where they are ...
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... elements such as silicon and iron accumulate at the centre . If this core of dead elements , no longer generating heat and pressure , should much exceed the mass of our own sun , the inexorable force of its own weight will be enough to ...
... elements such as silicon and iron accumulate at the centre . If this core of dead elements , no longer generating heat and pressure , should much exceed the mass of our own sun , the inexorable force of its own weight will be enough to ...
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... elements from which the compounds of life are made , we usually think first of carbon , nitrogen , oxygen , and phosphorus , and then of a miscellany of trace elements , including iron , zinc , and calcium . Hydrogen , that ubiquitous ...
... elements from which the compounds of life are made , we usually think first of carbon , nitrogen , oxygen , and phosphorus , and then of a miscellany of trace elements , including iron , zinc , and calcium . Hydrogen , that ubiquitous ...
Spis treści
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3 The recognition of Gaia | 30 |
4 Cybernetics | 44 |
5 The contemporary atmosphere | 59 |
6 The sea | 78 |
the problem of pollution | 100 |
8 Living within Gaia | 115 |
9 Epilogue | 133 |
Definitions and explanations of terms | 143 |
Further reading | 147 |
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Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth: A New Look at Life on Earth James Lovelock Podgląd niedostępny - 2000 |
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