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RECORD NUMBER: 91 OF 102| Main Title | The ages of Gaia : a biography of our living earth / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Lovelock, James, ; Lovelock, J. E. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Norton, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 32290319 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0393312399; 9780393312393; 1439509409; 9781439509401 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Biology--Philosophy ; Gaia hypothesis ; Biosphere ; Life (Biology) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | Rev. and expanded ed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Collation | xxi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Foreword -- Preface -- Introductory -- What is Gaia? -- Exploring Daisyworld -- The Archean -- The middle ages -- Modern times -- The contemporary environment -- The second home -- God and Gaia -- Gaia since 1988 -- Epilog -- References -- Further Reading -- Index. Proposes that all living species are components of a single organism and theorizes that the biological processes of the Earth naturally change environmental conditions to enable survival. |