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Gaia

James Lovelock

  • 176 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1979
  • 28 editions
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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: philosophy, the environment, and science.

  • Biology
  • Philosophy
  • Nature conservation
  • Environmental protection
  • Nature, effect of human beings on
  • Science
  • Environmental sciences
  • Environmental Pollution

2 About James Lovelock

1919–2022

James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) 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. With a PhD in the chemistry of disinfection, Lovelock began his career performing cryopreservation experiments on rodents, including successfully thawing and reviving frozen specimens.

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