Gaia [[electronic resource] ] : A New Look at Life on Earth

• Autore: Lovelock James <1919-2022.>
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.72; 577
• Soggetto topico: Biology -- Philosophy; Biosphere; Gaia hypothesis; Biosphere - Philosophy; Biology; Health & Biological Sciences; Biology - General
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introductory; 2 In the beginning; 3 The recognition of Gaia; 4 Cybernetics; 5 The contemporary atmosphere; 6 The sea; 7 Gaia and Man: the problem of pollution; 8 Living within Gaia; 9 Epilogue; Definitions and explanations of terms; Further reading
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which 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 livingmatter air, ocean, and land surfaces forms a complex system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life. S
• Titolo autorizzato: Gaia
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811026303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II