Full name: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

Author: James E. Lovelock Year: 1979 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780192862181 9788598078618 0192862189 8598078611

In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, James Lovelock deftly explains his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for the non-scientist, 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 living matter-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. Here, in a new Preface, Lovelock outlines his present state of the debate. Similar books: The Ages of Gaia by James E. Lovelock The Revenge of Gaia by James E. Lovelock The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson Half-Earth by Edward O. Wilson The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James E. Lovelock The Rebirth of Nature by Rupert Sheldrake The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan Hyperspace by Michio Kaku The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie Biophilia by Edward O. Wilson A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper Quantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker Warped Passages by Lisa Randall