by James Lovelock · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192862181
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In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, James Lovelock explains his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for the non-scientist, 'Gaia' is a journey through time and space in search of evidence to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of threats to its existence, the book explores the hypothesis that the earth's living matter-air, ocean, and land surfaces-forms a complex system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life.
James Ephraim Lovelock was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
