James Lovelock

Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth

Buch

Lovelock first sketched out his theory in his bestseller, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. People all over the world embraced the theory, and in less than ten years it moved from the margins of scientific research to the mainstream.Lovelock argues that such things as the level of oxygen, the formation of clouds, and the saltiness of the oceans may all be controlled by biological processes. He believes that living organisms create the optimum conditions for their own existence, and in so doing create the superorganism Gaia. The New York Times Book Review has called his arguments in favor of Gaia plausible and above all illuminating.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-31239-3
EAN: 9780393312393
Produktnummer: 9008343
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H22.4 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.8 cm 354 g
Auflage: REV AND EXPANDE
Gewicht: 354

Über den Autor

James Lovelock is an independent scientist, inventor, and author. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974 and in 1990 was awarded the first Amsterdam Prize for the Environment by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of his inventions is the electron capture detector, which was important in the development of environmental awareness. It revealed for the first time the ubiquitous distribution of pesticide residues. He co-operated with NASA and some of his inventions were adopted in their program of planetary exploration.