«Nous sommes ensevelis sous des montagnes de données qui s’accumulent rapidement. Dans un tel contexte, ce livre, plutôt que d’ajouter un surcroît de données à la masse existante, a pour objet de contribuer à une vraie compréhension des enjeux.» ― James Lovelock
Les humains sont des créatures extraordinaires. Intelligents, habiles et curieux, nous avons su nous adapter et trouver le moyen de devenir l’espèce dominante de la planète. Notre emprise est si grande que certains parlent d’une nouvelle ère géologique, l’Anthropocène, caractérisée par les changements provoqués par l’homme qui touchent l’ensemble de cette planète bleue que nous appelons notre Terre.
Cette supériorité induit notre responsabilité autant que notre opportunité: comment envisager notre présent et notre avenir? De quel savoir avons-nous besoin? Dirigé par James Lovelock (1919–2022), inventeur de l’hypothèse Gaïa, ce recueil d’essais illustré réunit une équipe chevronnée de penseurs et de scientifiques pour permettre une compréhension profonde de qui nous sommes, comment nous vivons et vers quel monde nous allons.
En écho à cette théorie qui considère notre planète comme un tout formé d’une multitude d’écosystèmes, La Terre et Moi encourage la connaissance globale. À travers ses 12 chapitres, on découvre à la fois les détails complexes et les immenses structures de notre espèce et de notre planète, depuis notre univers en constante évolution jusqu’à nos cellules infiniment petites mais si puissantes. On observe ainsi les explosions stellaires autant que la richesse des écosystèmes qui fourmillent sous nos pieds, on se plonge dans les rouages neurologiques qui accompagnent toute prise de décision, on appréhende le climat dans son ensemble et l’on s’émerveille de notre proximité grandissante avec la technologie.
Parmi les sommités mondiales qui ont contribué à ce livre figurent la physicienne quantique Lisa Randall, l’Astronome royal Martin Rees, le biologiste récompensé par le prix Pulitzer Edward O. Wilson et le neuroscientifique et Prix-Nobel Eric Kandel. Grâce aux illustrations dynamiques de l’artiste britannique Jack Hudson, le résultat constitue une source d’inspiration pour tous les esprits curieux, jeunes et vieux, et une boîte à outils de référence pour nous informer et nous éclairer sur l’avenir.
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James Lovelock (1919-2022) fue un científico independiente, ambientalista y autor de la hipótesis de Gaia, según la cual la Tierra es un sistema vivo en constante evolución que lucha por regularse a sí misma para que prospere la vida contemporánea. De Lovelock han dicho que es uno de los cien intelectuales más influyentes del mundo (Prospect), “un científico visionario” (The Times) y “uno de los pensadores más importantes de nuestro tiempo” (New Scientist).
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