James Lovelock : : In Search of Gaia / / Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin.
In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis--the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life--he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still extremely controversial, is recognize...
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Gribbin, John, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut James Lovelock : In Search of Gaia / Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©2009 1 online resource (272 p.) : 19 halftones. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Citation for the Wollaston Medal -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. The Greenhouse before Gaia -- TWO. A Child of His Time -- THREE. Gaia before Gaia -- FOUR. A Medical Man -- FIVE. Inventing the Future -- SIX. Green Revolutions -- SEVEN. The Revelation -- EIGHT. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Strong -- NINE. New Beginnings -- TEN. Coping with Catastrophe -- CODA. Making an Invention -- Sources and Further Reading -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis--the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life--he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still extremely controversial, is recognized as one of the most creative, provocative, and captivating scientific ideas of our time. James Lovelock tells for the first time the whole story of this maverick scientist's life and how it served as a unique preparation for the idea of Gaia. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Lovelock himself and unprecedented access to his private papers, John and Mary Gribbin paint an intimate and fascinating portrait of a restless, uniquely gifted freethinker. In a lifetime spanning almost a century, Lovelock has followed a career path that led him from chemistry, to medicine, to engineering, to space science. He worked for the British secret service and contributed to the success of the D-Day landings in World War II. He was a medical experimenter and an accomplished inventor. And he was working with NASA on methods for finding possible life on Mars when he struck upon the idea of Gaia, conceiving of the Earth as a vast, living, self-regulating system. Deftly framed within the context of today's mounting global-warming crisis, James Lovelock traces the intertwining trajectories of Lovelock's life and the famous idea it brought forth, which continues to provoke passionate debate about the nature and future of life on our planet. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. bisacsh Amsterdam Declaration (2001). Bowerchalke (Wiltshire). Bunyard, Peter. Challenger (research ship). Daisyworld. Earth System Science. Frazer, Lorna. Gaia (charitable organization). Gaia theory. Harington, Sir Charles. Hutchinson, Evelyn. Keeling curve. Leakey, Richard. Montreal Protocol. albedo effect. argon detector. bacteriology. biosphere. carbon dioxide. chemical environment. coccolithophorids. dimethyl sulfoxide. drug resistance. ecology. entropy reduction. extinction events. faint young Sun paradox. global dimming. glycerol. greenhouse gases. homeostasis. ice ages. instrument calibration. ionization devices. limelight. macrotermitines. measurement accuracy. membranes. negative feedback. neo-Darwinism. nuclear energy. ocean acidification. ocean fertilization process. open systems. organelles. oxygen. ozone depletion. panspermia. patent issues. perfluorocarbons. photosynthesis. radioactivity. Gribbin, Mary, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Gap Years 9783110784237 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400832859?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400832859 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400832859/original |
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