Lovelock and Gaia: Signs of Life

Lovelock and Gaia: Signs of Life
ISBN-10
0231134304
ISBN-13
9780231134309
Category
Body, Mind & Spirit
Pages
180
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Jon Turney

Description

Naming his theory after the ancient Greek earth goddess, Lovelock's "Gaia hypothesis" argued that everything on the planet--air, water, soil, and organisms--somehow act together in a global, self-organizing system to maintain conditions suitable to sustaining and perpetuating life. Telling the story of this maverick pioneer, Lovelock and Gaia explains how Lovelock's remarkable hypothesis is gradually ushering in a scientific revolution.

Similar books