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Gaia : A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock, Christel Rollinat, Paul Couturiau is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Review "This may turn out to be one of the epochal insights of the 20th century."-- CoEvolution Quarterly "The most fascinating book that I have read for a long time....Both original and well-written."-- New Scientist "Places a daring hypothesis before the general reader....[His book] is the exciting and personal argument of an original thinker caught up in wonder."--Philip Morrison, Scientific American "A book that I have read with immense pleasure."--Ren� Dubos, Nature About the Author James Lovelock is an independent scientist, inventor, and author. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974 and in 1990 was awarded the first Amsterdam Prize for the Environment by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of his inventions is the electron capture detector, which was important in the development of environmental awareness. It revealed for the first time the ubiquitous distribution of pesticide residues. He co-operated with NASA and some of his inventions were adopted in their programme of planetary exploration. In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, James Lovelock deftly explains his idea that life on earth functions as a singl

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
James Lovelock, Christel Rollinat, Paul Couturiau
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9780191586248
Category
science
Subjects
Religion, Fiction, Biology
Rating
3.82 / 5 (1,022 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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