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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Strona vii
... thought deeply about her . What I did know was that the Earth was different from Mars and Venus . It was a planet with apparently the strange property of keeping itself always a fit and comfortable place for living things to inhabit . I ...
... thought deeply about her . What I did know was that the Earth was different from Mars and Venus . It was a planet with apparently the strange property of keeping itself always a fit and comfortable place for living things to inhabit . I ...
Strona viii
... thought and action has led us dangerously astray . It stops us from realizing that it is not them , the multinational companies or the state industries of Russia and China that are wholly to blame for our fast degrading world . Our much ...
... thought and action has led us dangerously astray . It stops us from realizing that it is not them , the multinational companies or the state industries of Russia and China that are wholly to blame for our fast degrading world . Our much ...
Strona ix
... thought on a wider scale . I never imagined in 1974 just how wide this might be . When I started to write in 1974 in the unspoilt landscape of Western Ireland , it was like living in a house run by Gaia , someone who tried hard to make ...
... thought on a wider scale . I never imagined in 1974 just how wide this might be . When I started to write in 1974 in the unspoilt landscape of Western Ireland , it was like living in a house run by Gaia , someone who tried hard to make ...
Strona xi
... thought by scientists twenty - six years ago . I have tried to define that vague word “ biosphere . Originally , it was a precise geographical term defining the region of the Earth where living organisms existed . Gradually , it lost ...
... thought by scientists twenty - six years ago . I have tried to define that vague word “ biosphere . Originally , it was a precise geographical term defining the region of the Earth where living organisms existed . Gradually , it lost ...
Strona xiii
... thought and action to be conscripted by science . Some accused me of betraying Gaia . Fred Pearce , in an entertaining article in the New Scientist of May 1994 , captured the spirit of that Oxford meeting when he asked for Gaia to be ...
... thought and action to be conscripted by science . Some accused me of betraying Gaia . Fred Pearce , in an entertaining article in the New Scientist of May 1994 , captured the spirit of that Oxford meeting when he asked for Gaia to be ...
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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