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In this disturbing new book, lovelock guides us toward a hard reality. The gaia theory was developed in the late 1960s by dr. We have begun to add a new series of scientific papers by prof lovelock coauthors onto the website. But based on james lovelock, the speculations originator, that organism is now sick. Why the earth is fighting back and how we can still save humanity penguin celebrations by lovelock james 20070906 paperback and read the revenge of gaia. The gaia hypothesis has since been supported by a number of scientific experiments and provided a number of useful predictions. The revenge of gaia is a scientific book by esteemed scientist james lovelock which discusses the effect human activity is having on the planet and what if anything can be done to halt the damage we have already caused. James lovelock is a chemistry and earth science researcher and member of the royal society of fellows and author of gaia.
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Pdf the revenge of gaia by james lovelock friedrich soltau. Pdf the revenge of gaia by james lovelock friedrich. A biography of our living earth, i felt that this would be the place to begin. James lovelock described his previous book, the revenge of gaia, as a wakeup call for humanity. The key perception of gaia theory is that all the earth features as a single residing superorganism. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but the human race faces a severe test. Jan 27, 2006 james lovelock will go down in history as the scientist who changed our view of the earth from a barren rock covered with a thin coating of life to a selforganising system that in many ways. This may seem an odd statement after all that i have said about the way 20th century humans became almost a planetary disease organism. The revenge of gaia summary by james lovelock overdrive.
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But according to james lovelock, the theorys originator, that organism is now sick. Feb 22, 2007 james lovelock s bestselling the revenge of gaia. Long ago the greeks, thinking this way, gave to the earth the name gaia or, for short, ge. It is operating a fever born of elevated atmospheric greenhouse gases. Actually, it was the prospect of a wind farm being built near his house in devon. Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. I did not know his newest book took the position that it is now too late to avoid global climate catastrophe.
Sustainable development officer division for sustainable development department of economic and social affairs. The revenge of gaia by james lovelock penguin books australia. James lovelock will always be associated with one big idea. A new look at life on earth and, most recently, the revenge of gaia. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. James ephraim lovelock, ch cbe frs born 26 july 1919 is an independent scientist, environmentalist, and futurist. Mar 28, 2020 a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. James lovelock, a british scientist and inventor, shortly after his work with nasa in determining that there was probably no life on mars. This suggests the biosphere is a selfregulating system after the development of an instrument in the late 1960s, lovelock was the first to detect the widespread presence of cfcs in the atmosphere. He is best known for proposing the gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the earth functions as a selfregulating system. The revenge of gaia by james lovelock the independent.
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