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Author : J. E. Lovelock
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0192862189
This classic work is reissued with a new preface by the author. Written for non-scientists the idea is put forward that life on Earth functions as a single organism.
Author : James Lovelock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198784880
Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate.
Author : Norbert Lynton
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781876832377
Offers an artist's view of life and art in Sydney during the better part of the 20th century. His career began in pre-war Sydney, continued in war-time Bougainville, then in post-war England and back in Sydney. Documents the life and works of a Sydney artist who has witnessed the transition from modernism to post-modernism.
Author : Gaia Cornwall
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 27,38 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1536220671
Working up the courage to take a big, important leap is hard, but Jabari is almost absolutely ready to make a giant splash. Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He’s finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he’s a great jumper, so he’s not scared at all. “Looks easy,” says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can’t help but root for.
Author : Gaia Vince
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 157131928X
A science journalist travels the world to explore humanity’s ecological devastation—and its potential for renewal in this “compelling read” (Guardian, UK). We live in times of profound environmental change. According to a growing scientific consensus, the dramatic results of man-made climate change have ushered the world into a new geological era: the Anthropocene, or Age of Man. As an editor at Nature, Gaia Vince couldn’t help but wonder if the greatest cause of this dramatic planetary change—humans’ singular ability to adapt and innovate—might also hold the key to our survival. To investigate this provocative question, Vince travelled the world in search of ordinary people making extraordinary changes to the way they live—and, in many cases, finding new ways to thrive. From Nepal to Patagonia and beyond, Vince journeys into mountains and deserts, forests and farmlands, to get an up close and personal view of our changing environment. Part science journal, part travelogue, Adventures in the Anthropocene recounts Vince’s journey, and introduces an essential new perspective on the future of life on Earth.
Author : Toby Tyrrell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2013-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 1400847915
A critical examination of James Lovelock's controversial Gaia hypothesis One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis remains highly controversial and continues to provoke fierce debate. On Gaia undertakes the first in-depth investigation of the arguments put forward by Lovelock and others—and concludes that the evidence doesn't stack up in support of Gaia. Toby Tyrrell draws on the latest findings in fields as diverse as climate science, oceanography, atmospheric science, geology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. He takes readers to obscure corners of the natural world, from southern Africa where ancient rocks reveal that icebergs were once present near the equator, to mimics of cleaner fish on Indonesian reefs, to blind fish deep in Mexican caves. Tyrrell weaves these and many other intriguing observations into a comprehensive analysis of the major assertions and lines of argument underpinning Gaia, and finds that it is not a credible picture of how life and Earth interact. On Gaia reflects on the scientific evidence indicating that life and environment mutually affect each other, and proposes that feedbacks on Earth do not provide robust protection against the environment becoming uninhabitable—or against poor stewardship by us.
Author : Kit Pedler
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1976
Category :
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Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0745684351
The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world. The situation is even more unstable today, now that we have entered an ecological mutation of unprecedented scale. Some call it the Anthropocene, but it is best described as a new climatic regime. And a new regime it certainly is, since the many unexpected connections between human activity and the natural world oblige every one of us to reopen the earlier notions of nature and redistribute what had been packed inside. So the question now arises: what will replace the old ways of looking at nature? This book explores a potential candidate proposed by James Lovelock when he chose the name 'Gaia' for the fragile, complex system through which living phenomena modify the Earth. The fact that he was immediately misunderstood proves simply that his readers have tried to fit this new notion into an older frame, transforming Gaia into a single organism, a kind of giant thermostat, some sort of New Age goddess, or even divine Providence. In this series of lectures on 'natural religion,' Bruno Latour argues that the complex and ambiguous figure of Gaia offers, on the contrary, an ideal way to disentangle the ethical, political, theological, and scientific aspects of the now obsolete notion of nature. He lays the groundwork for a future collaboration among scientists, theologians, activists, and artists as they, and we, begin to adjust to the new climatic regime.
Author : Gaia B. Amman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2017-12-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781973715979
90s Italy. Leda's plan includes genetic engineering and singing in a rock band-not a pothead of a poet with the reliability of a weatherman... Lust against reason, but she'd rather deal with inorganic chemistry than the sizzling kind-and the heartbreak it brings, right? He's into philosophy though... and comics... The only certain thing-Leda will figure out happiness with nobody's help. Teens and adults alike will devour this Italian tale of independence, part self-help and part romance, infused with Vespa adventures, college exams, 1990s rock, philosophy, and science. Based on the life of Italian author and scientist GB Amman, this true story will instantly take you to northern Italy-Milan, Padua, and Garda Lake. Though the fifth installment in The Italian Saga, this book is self-standing and can be read without the prequels. Perfect for lovers of Jandy Nelson, Stephanie Perkins, and Rainbow Rowell. If you are looking for empowerment and solid life advice infused with Italian culture-this is it. Get it now.
Author : Kit Pedler
Publisher : Souvenir Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0285641255
Kit Pedler, the scientist who co-created the 'Doomwatch' television series to warn us of the dangers of technology, presents his vision of a totally different way of being in the world. Mankind, Pedler believes, stands at a critical point in history and has to reassess its relationship and the web of interactions that make up the total life-form of the planet. Pedler calls this life-form Gaia, after the Greek earth mother goddess, a being whose sole concern is the survival of the planet itself. Mankind is provoking the wrath of the life-form by its high technology, accelerating entropy and production of planetary disorder. Can we halt the technological Behemoth and live in harmony with the planet again? Kit Pedler says 'yes, we can, indeed, that we have no choice but to do so'. He outlines highly practical ways every individual can change his or her way of life to reduce our personal entropy debt. Do we need to eat factory-farm beef rather than, the sun-product, grain? Must be build homes from steel and concrete rather than, the renewable earth-product, timber? Is there an alternative to expensive, and ecologically destructive, drugs? From experiments with his own lifestyle Kit Pedler comes to some profoundly optimistic conclusions. He demonstrates how low-entropy living can have unexpected rewards, from restoring our respect for the creatures with which we share the earth, greater independence and freedom through learning abandoned skills and, above all, by the recovery of a lost vision, once possessed by our forefathers, which enables us to see and feel in ways forgotten by industrial man. The Quest for Gaia is an exhilarating and optimistic book, and a challenge to capture a rewarding and sustainable future for ourselves and our earth. It is a blueprint for the Age of Gaia.