James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia Book

James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia, In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis—the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life—he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still, James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia

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James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia
Written by author John Gribbin
Published by Princeton University Press, March 2009
In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis—the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life—he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still
"This book is an homage to Lovelock. The Gribbins have spent time with him, looked at his personal archives with him, and obviously the book is coming out of a deep admiration for his work. The biographical chapters are interspersed with science chapters,

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Citation for the Wollaston Medal ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction xxi ONE The Greenhouse before Gaia 1
TWO A Child of His Time 20
THREE Gaia before Gaia 48
FOUR A Medical Man 69
FIVE Inventing the Future 93
SIX Green Revolutions 113
SEVEN The Revelation 137
EIGHT What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Strong 163
NINE New Beginnings 192
TEN Coping with Catastrophe 211
CODA Making an Invention 248
Sources and Further Reading 251
Index 255

Title: James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia

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Item Number: 9780691137506

Publication Date: March 2009

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.300 cm (2.48 inches)

Heigh : 9.300 cm (3.66 inches)

Depth: 1.000 cm (0.39 inches)

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reviewed James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia on December 25, 2010

James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia

Pretty good biography of the inventor of much highest end monitoring instrumentation for trace constituents in the atmosphere and, oh by the way, inventor of the Gaia hypothesis that the biosphere acts as one (without underlying plan or thought) to maintain live able conditions on the earth on geologic time scales. Underrated (given how hard it is to find in bookstores), I'd say

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