Posts Tagged: Gaia
Gaia Story – 6 – Origin Story for Life
What is Gaia theory’s relevance to us as the rest of the century unfolds? You might think it’s the contribution it makes to future climate models, enabling us to predict what will happen if we keep on pumping huge amounts
Gaia Story – 6 – Origin Story for Life
What is Gaia theory’s relevance to us as the rest of the century unfolds? You might think it’s the contribution it makes to future climate models, enabling us to predict what will happen if we keep on pumping huge amounts
Gaia Story – 5 – A Rough Ride
If we fast forward to the first decade of the 21st Century. we find Lovelock still writing books about Gaia, but their tone is much darker. The Revenge of Gaia (2006) is followed by The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A
Gaia Story – 5 – A Rough Ride
If we fast forward to the first decade of the 21st Century. we find Lovelock still writing books about Gaia, but their tone is much darker. The Revenge of Gaia (2006) is followed by The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A
Gaia Story – 4 – The Theory Named
Lovelock was fond of going on walks with the novelist William Golding, who lived in the same village. On one of these perambulations he shared his hypothesis with his friend, who, after mulling it over, “suggested that anything alive deserves
Gaia Story – 4 – The Theory Named
Lovelock was fond of going on walks with the novelist William Golding, who lived in the same village. On one of these perambulations he shared his hypothesis with his friend, who, after mulling it over, “suggested that anything alive deserves
Gaia Story – 3 – Lovelock and Margulis: Meeting of Minds
A crucial aspect of Gaia is that it is multi-disciplinary. We have already seen how Lovelock sought the help of a mathematician, Watson, in working out Daisyworld. Around the same time he was having “long and intense discussions” with the
Gaia Story – 3 – Lovelock and Margulis: Meeting of Minds
A crucial aspect of Gaia is that it is multi-disciplinary. We have already seen how Lovelock sought the help of a mathematician, Watson, in working out Daisyworld. Around the same time he was having “long and intense discussions” with the
Gaia Story – 2 – Daisyworld
The Gaia hypothesis ran into controversy from the outset. Lovelock decided that in order to answer his critics he needed somehow to simplify it without distorting it, for in doing so he would be able to create a mathematical model
Gaia Story – 2 – Daisyworld
The Gaia hypothesis ran into controversy from the outset. Lovelock decided that in order to answer his critics he needed somehow to simplify it without distorting it, for in doing so he would be able to create a mathematical model
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