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Gaia Theory
Gaia Theory | Conventional View | Regulated Planet | Scientific Critique | Timely Theory | Find Out More
James Lovelock
February 2003
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Websites
Gaia Theory: Science of the living Earth
www.gaianet.fsbusiness.co.uk/gaiatheory.html
A brief introduction to Gaia theory by David Orrell.
Guide to Philosophy and the Environment
www.lancs.ac.uk/users/philosophy/
mave/guide/gaiath~1.htm
Looks at Gaia theory and presents the evidence, the criticisms, the Daisyworld model and the philosophical implications.
Origins – Channel 4
www.channel4.com/science/
microsites/O/origins/
Tells the story of our world from its violent birth 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of modern man.
Books
Homage to Gaia: The life of an independent scientist by James Lovelock (Oxford University Press, 2001) £9.99
The fascinating story of his life as an independent scientist, James Lovelock tells us the history behind his famous Gaia Theory and talks us through his many inventions, including the electron capture detector, and his work for many organisations around the world.
Gaia in Action: Science of the living Earth edited by Peter Bunyard (Floris Books, 1996) £14.99
Comprises a collection of essays and presentations, based on the international conferences on Gaia held annually. The book seeks to define Gaia and translate the theory into practical ways of relating to the planet as a whole. Contributors include James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Brian Goodwin, Mae Wan Ho, Peter Saunders and Kate Rawles.
Lovelock and Gaia by J Turney (Icon Books, 2003) £9.99
Looks at Gaia Theory's long struggle to gain respectability and argues that its impact compares with the greatest of scientific revolutions.
What is Life by Erwin Schrodinger (Cambridge University Press, 1992) £10.95
Originally published in 1944, Nobel laureate Schrodinger has written one of the great science classics of the 20th century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA.
Environmental Ethics: Duties to and values in the natural world by Holmes Rolston III (Temple University Press, 1989) £21.50
The US environmental philosopher discusses expanding the ethical circle to include the natural world.
The Symbiotic Planet: A new look at evolution by Lynn Margulis (Science Masters, 1999) £6.99
Gaia supporter Margulis examines Earth's evolution.
Microcosmos: Four billion years of evolution from our microbial ancestors by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan (University of California Press, 1997) £8.95
Discusses the interdependancy and the interconnectedness of life on Earth.
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