Gaia, a new look at life on earth

Se trata de un bosquejo de la teoría de Gaia, el autor plantea que la atmósfera y el mar tienen la composición que tiene por un equilibrio homeostático en que participa la actividad de los seres vivos.

Parcourez la librairie en ligne la plus vaste au monde et commencez dès aujourd'hui votre lecture sur le Web, votre tablette, votre téléphone ou un lecteur d'e-books.The Gaia hypothesis, first put forth in the mid-1960s, and published in book form in 1975, has had a radical effect on scientific views of evolution and the environment. Pour sortir de ce carrousel, utilisez votre touche de raccourci d'en-tête pour accéder à l'en-tête suivant ou précédent.Cette fonction d'achat continuera à charger des articles lorsque la touche Entrée est enfoncée. Un problème s'est produit lors du chargement de ce menu pour le moment. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Well-written and full of interesting scientific facts His books include Gaia: a new look at life on Earth (OUP, 1979); The Ages of Gaia (WW Norton, 1988); Gaia: the practical science of planetary medicine (Gaia Books, 1991), and The Revenge of Gaia (Allen Lane/Penguin 2006).

He is one of the rare representants of a kind difficult to qualify in the scientific world : a researcher without lab (or an independant researcher, now retired). The book of Gaia is a very interesting theory and if theory holds true the human race may survive afterall.

La commande 1-Click n'est pas disponible pour cet article. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think. Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth.

You come away from the book with a recognition of who you are; namely, an off-spring of Mother Earth. Book excerpt. Veuillez réessayerMalheureusement, nous n'avons pas réussi à enregistrer votre vote. Now, James Lovelock provides a new preface to his his seminal work, confronting his critics, and, addressing the current advances in science and technology, demonstrates how his predictions have already begun to be fulfilled.Aucun commentaire n'a été trouvé aux emplacements habituels.Rappel concernant les règles de confidentialité de Google These notions arose in the science of control systems where the input from one sensor can alter the output of a control e.g. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. He makes the reader aware of the adaptability of life to whatever conditions prevail and the consequent near-impossibility of achieving lasting equilibrium (as of a dead planet). Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. His theory, the Gaia hypothesis may at first sound as if it has mystical connotations, but that is not the case, rather he i I decided to dust this book off which had been sitting on my bookshelf unread for 15 years. La Terre est un être vivant : L'hypothèse Gaïa Earlier he received a CIBA Foundation Prize for … Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime James Lovelock is the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory).

Impossible d'ajouter l'article à votre liste. He co-operated with NASA and some of his inventions were adopted in their programme of planetary exploration.

We hope to meet James lovelock and discuss the books I read this amazing book for the first time in German and liked it. +ve and -ve feedback. In 1988 he was a recipient of the Norbert Gerbier Prize of the World Meteorological Organization, and in 1990 was awarded the first Amsterdam Prize for the Environment by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In a new Preface to this edition, he outlines his view of the present state of the debate. Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist Earlier he received a CIBA Foundation Prize for … Simultaneously astonishing for its novelty when published (without Lovelock whole genres of ecology and earth science would be virtually unpopulated), it is also hopelessly dated now, as many of its era are, not just in terms of recent knowledge but also the tone which is of an earlier age. An indispensable read for all who care for this beautiful but now much-abused planet - the only one we've got!

For me this book should have been addressed from a spiritual perspective first , as opposed to a purely scientific perspective Thinking it was written as per the latter I went and bought the book . Merci d’essayer à nouveau. Written for non scientists, The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth (Commonwealth Fund Book Program (Series).) $16.79 . In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism.

[James Lovelock] -- 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. In 1996 he received the Volvo Prize for the Environment and in 1997 the Blue Planet Prize. Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence Les membres Amazon Prime bénéficient de livraisons gratuites illimitées toute l'année. The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity

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