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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... hydrogen into space , leaving an excess of oxygen behind . Life merely borrowed gases from the atmosphere and returned them unchanged . Our contrasting view required an atmosphere which was a dynamic extension of the biosphere itself ...
... hydrogen into space , leaving an excess of oxygen behind . Life merely borrowed gases from the atmosphere and returned them unchanged . Our contrasting view required an atmosphere which was a dynamic extension of the biosphere itself ...
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... hydrogen and , later , helium atoms , the ashes of its fire in the form of other heavier elements such as silicon ... hydrogen bomb test . Perhaps the strangest fact of all about our planet is that it consists largely of lumps of fall ...
... hydrogen and , later , helium atoms , the ashes of its fire in the form of other heavier elements such as silicon ... hydrogen bomb test . Perhaps the strangest fact of all about our planet is that it consists largely of lumps of fall ...
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... hydrogen and ended as a supernova . Or it may be that the debris of a nearby supernova explosion mingled with the swirl of interstellar dust and gases from which the sun and its planets were condensing . In either case , our solar ...
... hydrogen and ended as a supernova . Or it may be that the debris of a nearby supernova explosion mingled with the swirl of interstellar dust and gases from which the sun and its planets were condensing . In either case , our solar ...
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... hydrogen than those which now vent from volcanoes . The organic compounds , component parts of life , require that some hydrogen is available in the environment both for their formation and for their survival . When we consider the ...
... hydrogen than those which now vent from volcanoes . The organic compounds , component parts of life , require that some hydrogen is available in the environment both for their formation and for their survival . When we consider the ...
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... hydrogen and is in consequence hopelessly barren . Mars still has water and therefore chemically bound hydrogen , but its surface is so oxidized as to be bereft of the organic molecules from which life might be built . Both planets are ...
... hydrogen and is in consequence hopelessly barren . Mars still has water and therefore chemically bound hydrogen , but its surface is so oxidized as to be bereft of the organic molecules from which life might be built . Both planets are ...
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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