Homage to Gaia.: The Life of an Independent Scientist - Couverture souple

Lovelock, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198604297 ISBN 13 : 9780198604297

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

For over 35 years, James Lovelock has been producing world-class science from his village home. His work has led to the founding of the Green Movement and his famous Gaia theory has changed the way we think about the Earth. This most unusual scientist tells us of his childhood, apprenticeship, and the development of his many influential ideas; the invention of the Electron Capture Detector that revealed that pesticides and harmful chemicals were polluting on a global scale ; the discovery that CFCs accumulating in Earth's atmosphere and endangering the ozone layer ; and most importantly, his persistent quest for Gaia. Lovelock has worked for many multinational organizations, including NASA and the Ministry of Defence, and his description of them is as unconventional as his science. This book is a warm personal testament of a man who has led an extraordinary life. He is truly one of the most outstanding and creative thinkers of the twentieth century.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

James Lovelock tells the fascinating story of his life as an independent scientist and how he came to develop his inventions and theories. He has filed more than 50 patents, including one for the electron capture detector that was important in the development of environmental awareness, in connection with both the detection of pesticide residues in the environment and the discovery of the global distribution of CFCs. He also tells us about the work he has done for organizations such as NASA, the Ministry of Defence, The Marine Biological Association, and many companies such as Shell and Hewlett Packard. From his childhood days in east London to a job as a lab assistant - his first crucial steps to becoming a scientist, from chemistry at Manchester University to the Medical Research Council during World War II, his voyage to the Arctic, taking his family to America, returning to England and fighting to save the ozone layer, his quest for gaia, then into the nineties and a stream of awards, including a CBE from the Queen. James Lovelock has led a fulfilling life and has been widely recognized by the international scientific community.

Revue de presse

"There is much more than science in this book....This is ultimately an uplifting book about the way life ought to be, both at a personal and at a global level." --Sunday Times

His Gaia hypothesis is certainly heroic, with all the illusion-busting potential of Gallileo s or Einstein s theories. --The Independent

The scientist who, more than any other alive today, has changed the way we think of the earth and our place on it. --John Gray, 'New Statesman'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198604297
• ISBN 13: 9780198604297
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 452
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible