TY - BOOK AU - Lovelock,James TI - Gaia: a new look at life on earth SN - 9780191586248 AV - QH313 .L68 1987eb U1 - 508 19 PY - 1987/// CY - Oxford [Oxfordshire] PB - Oxford University Press KW - Biosphere KW - Gaia hypothesis KW - Biology KW - Philosophy KW - Biosphère KW - Biologie KW - Philosophie KW - Hypothèse Gaïa KW - NATURE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Reference KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Ecotourism KW - fast KW - Biosphäre KW - gnd KW - Ökologie KW - ram KW - Gaïa, Hypothèse KW - Organisms KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157); In the beginning -- The recognition of Gaia -- Cybernetics -- The contemporary atmosphere -- The sea -- Gaia and Man: the problem of pollution -- Living within Gaia -- Epilogue; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=12327 ER -