States that even though the weather seems cooler and pollution lessens as the recession bites, the environmental problems we will face in the twenty-first century are even more terrifying than the author previously realised.

General Information

ISBN : 9780141039251
Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint : Penguin Books Ltd
Weight (g) : 0.163
Publication date : 01 January 2010
Produced in : United Kingdom
Product Type : books

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Author : James Lovelock
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
Dewey classification : 333.7
Pages : 200
Illustrations : 8 pp colour inset

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Author description

James Lovelock is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). He has written three books on the subject: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, The Ages of Gaia and Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine, as well as an autobiography, Homage to Gaia. In 2003 he was made a Companion of Honour by Her Majesty the Queen, and in September 2005 Prospect magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global public intellectuals. In April 2006 he was awarded the Edinburgh Medal at the Edinburgh International Science Festival.