Lovelock first sketched out his theory in his bestseller, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. People all over the world embraced the theory, and in less than ten years it moved from the margins of scientific research to the mainstream.
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 New York Times Book Review has called his arguments in favor of Gaia "plausible and above all illuminating."
A world-renowned scientist and philosopher presents his revolutionary, dynamic hypothesis of Earth as a living planet.
Anonymous
Posted January 13, 2005
Lovelock's Gaia Theory remains startlingly brilliant and revolutionary--and almost completely ignored by mainstream science. This tells us all we need to know about reductionist mainstream thinkers . . . ignore them, read Lovelock, think for yourself!
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Lovelock first sketched out his theory in his bestseller, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. People all over the world embraced the theory, and in less than ten years it moved from the margins of scientific research to the mainstream.
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 ...