The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning - Couverture souple

Lovelock, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141039256 ISBN 13 : 9780141039251

Editeur : Penguin, 2010

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Los Angeles Times
“Lovelock is a plain and simple writer, and his prose has a natural grace that makes this book a pleasure to read despite its depressing thesis.”

Science
“[The Vanishing Face of Gaia] seems to arise from frustration that society hasn’t been roused by the wake-up call of [The Revenge of Gaia].... [It] has an elevated sense of urgency – stimulated in part by observations that anthropogenic influence and Earth’s response are accelerating at a pace that exceeds the projections of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.”

Leonardo Reviews (International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology)
“Almost everyone today has glimpsed the abyss of extinction, but few have gazed into it as unflinchingly as Lovelock.... [He] gathers the knowledge of a lifetime to transcend the bounds of scientific discourse and sound a warning about matters of the greatest urgency.”

The New York Review of Books
“[An] idiosyncratic book.... James Lovelock has told it as he sees it...and at ninety he has nothing to lose, while readers, however skeptical, have much to gain.”

Biographie de l'auteur :

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 2003 he was made a Companion of Honour by Her Majesty the Queen, and in September 2005 Prospect magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global public intellectuals. In April 2006 he was awarded the Edinburgh Medal at the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141039256
• ISBN 13: 9780141039251
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208