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A Rough Ride to the Future by James Lovelock
Category: Science
In A Rough Ride to the Future, James Lovelock - the great scientific visionary of our age - presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system. James Lovelock, who has been hailed as 'the man who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since C ...Show more
A Rough Ride to the Future by James Lovelock
Category: Science
In A Rough Ride to the Future, James Lovelock - the great scientific visionary of our age - presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system. James Lovelock, who has been hailed as 'the man who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since C ...Show more
Ages of Gaia by lovelock james
Category: Non-Fiction
Lovelock argues that such things as the level of oxygen, the formation of clouds, and the saltiness of the oceans may all be controlled by biological processes. He believes that "living organisms create the optimum conditions for their own existence, and in so doing create the superorganism Gaia." The N ...Show more
Gaia by James Lovelock
Category: Science & Natural History
In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of ...Show more
Gaia: New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
Category: Science | Series: Oxford Landmark Science
In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet. In contrast t ...Show more
Green Ideas Slipcase by Greta Thunberg; Robin Wall Kimmerer; Dai Qing; Wangari Maathai; Jared Diamond; Wendell Berry; Edward O. Wilson; James Lovelock; Masanobu Fukuoka; Arne Næss; Rachel Carson; Naomi Klein; Aldo Leopold; Timothy Morton; George Monbiot; Bill McKibben; Amitav Ghosh; Tim Flannery; Terry Tempest Williams; Michael Pollan
Category: Philosophy and Religion
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement - now in one complete setOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Thei ...Show more
Homage to Gaia - Revised& Updated by James Lovelock
Category: Science
A new edition in the year of James Lovelock's 100th birthdayWith over fifty patents to his name and innumerable awards and accolades, James Lovelock is a distinguished and original thinker who has been widely recognized by the international scientific community. In this inspiring book, republished in th ...Show more
Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist by James Lovelock
Category: Environment
James Lovelock tells the fascinating story of his life as an independent scientist and how he came to develop his inventions and theories. He has filed more than 50 patents, including one for the electron capture detector that was important in the development of environmental awareness, in connection wi ...Show more
James Lovelock et al. The Earth and I by Lovelock, James
Category: Science & Natural History
"We are buried beneath mountains of fast-accumulating data. In such circumstances, this book, rather than adding to the data load, aims to offer real understanding." --James LovelockHuman beings are extraordinary creatures. Intelligent, agile, and curious, we have adapted and invented our way to becomin ...Show more
James Lovelock et al: The Earth and I by Honorary Visiting Fellow James Lovelock (Green College, University of Oxford
Category: Science
The big picture An essential illustrated collection of earth and human science for curious minds of all ages We are buried beneath mountains of fast accumulating data. In such circumstances, this book, rather than adding to the data load, aims to offer real understanding. James LovelockHuman beings are ...Show more