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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... present human scientific knowledge were entered in a single book , it would be beyond the comprehension of anyone now alive . Scientists in their whole working lives rarely ever leave a small subsection of a single chapter . While no ...
... present human scientific knowledge were entered in a single book , it would be beyond the comprehension of anyone now alive . Scientists in their whole working lives rarely ever leave a small subsection of a single chapter . While no ...
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... present interest in ecology and the application of systems analysis to biology had barely begun and there was still in those days the dusty academic air of the classroom about the life sciences . Data galore had been accumulated on ...
... present interest in ecology and the application of systems analysis to biology had barely begun and there was still in those days the dusty academic air of the classroom about the life sciences . Data galore had been accumulated on ...
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... present century a few physicists have tried to define life . Bernal , Schroedinger , and Wigner all came to the same general conclusion , that life is a member of the class of phenomena which are open or continuous systems able to ...
... present century a few physicists have tried to define life . Bernal , Schroedinger , and Wigner all came to the same general conclusion , that life is a member of the class of phenomena which are open or continuous systems able to ...
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... present in the air , at least 500 million tons of this gas must be introduced into the atmosphere yearly . In addition , there must be some means of replacing the oxygen used up in oxidizing methane and this requires a production of at ...
... present in the air , at least 500 million tons of this gas must be introduced into the atmosphere yearly . In addition , there must be some means of replacing the oxygen used up in oxidizing methane and this requires a production of at ...
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... present state . Oxygen , for example , was thought to come solely from the breakdown of water vapour and the escape of hydrogen into space , leaving an excess of oxygen behind . Life merely borrowed gases from the atmosphere and ...
... present state . Oxygen , for example , was thought to come solely from the breakdown of water vapour and the escape of hydrogen into space , leaving an excess of oxygen behind . Life merely borrowed gases from the atmosphere and ...
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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