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Gaia : the practical science of planetary medicine / James Lovelock

By: Lovelock, James, 1919-.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: 192 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0195216741.Subject(s): Biosphere | Environmental protection | Gaia hypothesis | Geobiology -- Philosophy | Nature conservationDDC classification: 508.01
Contents:
Author's preface. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Recognizing Gaia. - Ch. 2. Anatomy. - Ch. 3. Physiology. - Ch. 4. Epigenesis. - Ch. 5. Biochemistry and the cell. - Ch. 6. Metabolism and planetary biochemistry. - Ch. 7. Physiology and climate regulation. - Ch. 8. The people plague. - Conclusion. - Glossary. - Index. - Bibliography. - Acknowledgements.
Summary: Gaia : Practical Medicine for the Planet offers the most comprehensive analysis of our origins, our reasons for existence, and our likely future. Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, this extraordinary volume does justice to an arguable yet momentous theory, making it accessible to a wide audience of scientists and non-scientists alike. - Back cover.
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First published in the United Kingdom in 1991 by Gaia Books Limited

Author's preface. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Recognizing Gaia. - Ch. 2. Anatomy. - Ch. 3. Physiology. - Ch. 4. Epigenesis. - Ch. 5. Biochemistry and the cell. - Ch. 6. Metabolism and planetary biochemistry. - Ch. 7. Physiology and climate regulation. - Ch. 8. The people plague. - Conclusion. - Glossary. - Index. - Bibliography. - Acknowledgements.

Gaia : Practical Medicine for the Planet offers the most comprehensive analysis of our origins, our reasons for existence, and our likely future. Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, this extraordinary volume does justice to an arguable yet momentous theory, making it accessible to a wide audience of scientists and non-scientists alike. - Back cover.