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On Gaia : A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earth by Toby Tyrrell is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is On Gaia : A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earth about?
A critical examination of James Lovelock's controversial Gaia hypothesis One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis
Who reads On Gaia : A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Toby Tyrrell
- Publisher
- Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400847914
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Nature, Biology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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