Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth: A New Look at Life on EarthIn this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of threats to its existence, the book explores the hypothesis that the earth's livingmatter air, ocean, and land surfaces forms a complex system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life.Since Gaia was first published, many of Jim Lovelock's predictions have come true and his theory has become a hotly argued topic in scientific circles. In a new Preface to this reissued title, he outlines his present state of the debate. |
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Κριτική χρηστών - pansociety - LibraryThingThis increasingly influential book advocates a view of the Earth as a single, self-regulating organism, with the non-living environment being described as intimately related to and even regulated by the living biosophere. Ανάγνωση ολόκληρης της κριτικής
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Κριτική χρηστών - bluetyson - LibraryThingA really interesting book, and hypothesis. I first noticed this theory, funnily enough, after watching the excellent miniseries 'Edge of Darkness' and some of the writing involved with talking about ... Ανάγνωση ολόκληρης της κριτικής
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Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth: A New Look at Life on Earth James Lovelock Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2000 |