Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth - Kindle edition by James Lovelock. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. James Lovelock called his first proposal the Gaia hypothesis. but the term established nowadays is Gaia theory. Lovelock explains that the initial formulation was based on observation, but still lacked a scientific explanation. The Gaia Hypothesis has since been supported by a number of scientific experiments[20] and provided a number of useful Books of James E. Lovelock. Gaia: a new look at life on Earth, (Oxford University Press, 1979) The Ages of Gaia, (W. W. Norton, 1988) Gaia: the practical science of planetary medicine, (Gaia Books, 1991) Homage to Gaia (Oxford University Press, 2000) The Revenge of Gaia (Allen Lane, 2006) The Vanishing Face of Gaia (Allen Lane, 2009) Gala. A New Look at Life on Earth. James Lovelock is an independent scientist, inventor. author. and has been an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College,€ Book review: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth - James Lovelock . 28 Feb 2012 . Review of Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock. While scholars such as Capra, Lovelock 's book Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, first published in 1979, is now in its second edition.2 James E. Lovelock, British atmospheric chemist, introduced the Gaia hypothesis in 1975. This hypothesis emerged from his comparison of the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere with the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. James Lovelock, Independent scientist, environmentalist, and futurist James Lovelock is the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). His books include Gaia: a new look at life on Earth (OUP, 1979); The Ages of Gaia (WW Norton, 1988); Gaia: the practical science of planetary medicine (Gaia Books, 1991), and The Revenge of Gaia (Allen Lane/Penguin 2006). How James Lovelock introduced Gaia to an unsuspecting world We have learned so much about our home planet in the three decades since James Lovelock wrote Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (Oxford Editions for Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth: 0192862189 (Paperback published in 2000), (Paperback published in 1988), 0192860305 (Paperback published The procession of engaging books began in 1979 with Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. Each volume made its case more forcefully than the last, exploring what was known first as the Gaia Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock. Read online, or download in secure PDF or secure ePub format This classic work is now reissued in new covers with a new Preface by the author. Chapter 9: Daisyworld - or "GAIA redux" "The only bad theories are those that cannot be questioned or tested" (James Lovelock) You have by now read most of James Lovelock's book "Gaia - a new look at life on Earth", and have read about his key thesis that organic life was not a passive passenger on the third rock from the sun, but had an active role in shaping the Earth's climate and The Gaia hypothesis, first put forth in the mid-1960s, and published in book form in 1975, explores the idea that the life of earth functions as a single organism which actually defines and maintains conditions necessary for its survival. Disclaiming the conventional belief that living matter reacts passiv