James Lovelock's ''The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A
Final Warning'' is a prophetic message for mankind from
one of the most influential scientists of our age. James
Lovelock's Gaia theory, the idea that our planet is a
living, self-regulating system, has transformed the way
we see our planet and what is now happening to it. In
this book he distils a lifetime's wisdom and observation
of the Earth to reveal the rate at which our climate is
altering, how conventional 'green' measures are not
working, and how life as we know it is going to change
forever. Only Gaia, he shows, can help us fully
understand this, and prepare us for the future. ''The
most influential scientist and writer since Charles
Darwin''. (''Irish Times''). ''Supremely
life-affirming...The definitive statement of the Gaia
theory and its implications for the future''. (John
Gray, ''Literary Review''). ''Exhilarating...Lovelock is
the closest thing we have to an Old Testament prophet''.
(John Carey, ''Sunday Times''). ''Gripping, convincing
and indeed terrifying''. (Michael McCarthy,
''Independent''). ''Lovelock's writing has enormous
warmth and vitality ...we need scientists such as him''.
(Fiona Harvey, ''Financial Times'').James Lovelock is
the author of more than 200 scientific papers and the
originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). He
has written three books on the subject: ''Gaia: A New
Look at Life on Earth'', ''The Ages of Gaia'' and
''Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine'',
as well as an autobiography, ''Homage to Gaia''. In
September 2005 ''Prospect'' magazine named him as one of
the world's top 100 global public intellectuals. |
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