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Homage To Gaia
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Homage To Gaia written by James Lovelock and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of today's most influential environmentalists tells the fascinating storyof his life as a self-made inventor and scientist.
Homage To Gaia
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Release Date : 2014-01-02
Homage To Gaia written by James Lovelock and has been published by Souvenir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With over fifty patents to his name and innumerable awards and accolades, James Lovelock was a distinguished and original thinker, widely recognized by the international scientific community. In this inspiring book, republished in the year of his 100th birthday, Lovelock tells his life story, from his first steps as a scientist to his work with organisations as diverse as NASA, Shell and the Marine Biological Association. Homage to Gaia describes the years of travel and work that led to his crucial scientific breakthroughs in environmental awareness, uncovering how CFCs impact on the ozone layer and creating the concept of Gaia, the theory that the Earth is a self-regulating system. Written in a sharp and energetic style, James Lovelock's book will entertain and inspire anyone interested in science or the creative spirit beyond his legacy.
Homage To Gaia
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Author : Derek Mahon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Homage To Gaia written by Derek Mahon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The Vanishing Face Of Gaia
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-02-26
The Vanishing Face Of Gaia written by James Lovelock and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-26 with Political Science categories.
James Lovelock described his previous book, The Revenge of Gaia, as 'a wake-up call for humanity'. Stark though it was in many respects, in The Vanishing Face of Gaia Lovelock says that even though the weather seems cooler and pollution lessens as the recession bites, the environmental problems we will face in the twenty-first century are even more terrifying than he previously realised. The Arctic and Antarctic ice-caps are melting very quickly, and water shortages and natural disasters are more common occurrences than at any time in recent history. The civilisations of many countries will be jeopardised and life as we know it severely disrupted. Almost all predictions of the likely rate of climate change have been based on estimates which professional observers in the real worldnow show are consistently underestimating the true rate of change. As a global community we continue to be fixated by conventional 'green' ideas which we believe will help save our world. Lovelock argues that only Gaia theory, which he originated over forty years ago, can really help us understand the crisis fully. The root problem is that there are too many people and animals for the Earth to carry. And there is in fact only one possible procedure which might bring a permanent cure for climate change, but we are unlikely to adopt it. 'Our wish to continue business as usual will probably prevent us from saving ourselves' says Lovelock, so we must adapt as best we can and try to ensure that enough of us survive to allow a more capable species to evolve from us. There could hardly be a more important message for humankind. James Lovelock has been an active and accurate observer of the Earth environment since the 1960s and was the first to find CFCs and other gases accumulating in the air. His Gaia theory provides insight into climate change in the coming century.This is his final warning.
The Revenge Of Gaia
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-02-22
The Revenge Of Gaia written by James Lovelock and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-22 with Science categories.
For millennia, humankind has exploited the Earth without counting the cost. Now, as the world warms and weather patterns dramatically change, the Earth is beginning to fight back. James Lovelock, one of the giants of environmental thinking, argues passionately and poetically that, although global warming is now inevitable, we are not yet too late to save at least part of human civilization. This short book, written at the age of eighty-six after a lifetime engaged in the science of the earth, is his testament.
An Analysis Of James E Lovelock S Gaia
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Author : Mohammad Shamsudduha
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-07-05
An Analysis Of James E Lovelock S Gaia written by Mohammad Shamsudduha and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth may continue to divide opinion, but nobody can deny that the book offers a powerful insight into the creative thinking of its author, James E. Lovelock. Published in 1979, Gaia offered a radically new hypothesis: the Earth, Lovelock argued, is a living entity. Together, the planet and all its separate living organisms form a single self-regulating body, sustaining life and helping it evolve through time. Lovelock sees humans as no more special than other elements of the planet, railing against the once widely-held belief that the good of mankind is the only thing that matters. Despite being seen as radical, and even idiotic on its publication, a version of Lovelock’s viewpoint has found resonance in contemporary debates about the environment and climate, and has now broadly come to be accepted by modern thinkers. As man’s effects on the climate become increasingly extreme, more and more elements of the Earth’s self-regulation seem to be unveiled – forcing scientists to ask how far the planet might be able to go in order self-regulate effectively. Indeed, despite its far-fetched elements, Lovelock’s Gaia thesis seems to ring more convincingly today than ever before; that it does is largely a result of the critical thinking skills that allowed Lovelock to produce novel explanations for existing evidence and, above all, to connect existing fragments of evidence together in new ways.
The Life Of An Independent Scientist
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Life Of An Independent Scientist written by James Lovelock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Gaia hypothesis categories.
In 'Homage to Gaia', James Lovelock tells the story of his life as an independent scientist and how he came to develop his inventions and theories. He has worked with NASA, the Ministry of Defence, and The Marine Biological Association.
Gaia
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Author : J. E. Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2000-09-28
Gaia written by J. E. Lovelock and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-28 with Political Science categories.
This classic work is reissued with a new preface by the author. Written for non-scientists the idea is put forward that life on Earth functions as a single organism.
On Gaia
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Author : Toby Tyrrell
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-21
On Gaia written by Toby Tyrrell and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-21 with Science categories.
A critical examination of James Lovelock's controversial Gaia hypothesis One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis remains highly controversial and continues to provoke fierce debate. On Gaia undertakes the first in-depth investigation of the arguments put forward by Lovelock and others—and concludes that the evidence doesn't stack up in support of Gaia. Toby Tyrrell draws on the latest findings in fields as diverse as climate science, oceanography, atmospheric science, geology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. He takes readers to obscure corners of the natural world, from southern Africa where ancient rocks reveal that icebergs were once present near the equator, to mimics of cleaner fish on Indonesian reefs, to blind fish deep in Mexican caves. Tyrrell weaves these and many other intriguing observations into a comprehensive analysis of the major assertions and lines of argument underpinning Gaia, and finds that it is not a credible picture of how life and Earth interact. On Gaia reflects on the scientific evidence indicating that life and environment mutually affect each other, and proposes that feedbacks on Earth do not provide robust protection against the environment becoming uninhabitable—or against poor stewardship by us.
Gaia
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Author : James Lovelock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Gaia written by James Lovelock and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Nature categories.
Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate.