Screen LibraryGaia : a new look at life on earth /
POPULAR SCIENCE. 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...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Oxford landmark science
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POPULAR SCIENCE. 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 |
| Item Description: | Originally published 1979, first issued as an Oxford University paperback 1982. |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 148 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-148). |
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9780198784883 0198784880 |
| Index Number: | QH313 |
| CLC: | Q148 |
| Call Number: | Q148/L911/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | In the beginning -- The recognition of Gaia -- Cybernetics -- The contemporary atmosphere -- The sea -- Gaia and man: the problem of pollution -- Living within Gaia. |