The Many Lives of James Lovelock : Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory by Jonathan Watts 9781805302872

The Many Lives of James Lovelock : Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory

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Jonathan Watts' definitive and revelatory biography of James Lovelock, the father of Gaia...
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Jonathan Watts' definitive and revelatory biography of James Lovelock, the father of Gaia Theory, is based on over eighty hours of interviews with the man himself and unprecedented access to his personal papers and scientific archive. Lovelock is renowned for his groundbreaking idea that life on Earth is a self-sustaining system in which organisms interact with their environments to maintain a habitable ecosystem.

Lovelock's life was a chronicle of twentieth-century science, and he seemed to have a hand in much of it. During the Second World War, he worked at the National Medical Research Institute, where his life-long interest in chemical tracing began. In the 1960s, he worked at NASA. He worked for MI5 and MI6 during the Cold War. He was a science advisor to the oil giant Shell, warning them as early as 1966 that fossil fuels were causing serious harm to the environment. He invented the technology that found the hole in the Ozone layer. All of this shaped Gaia Theory – a theory that could not have been developed without the collaboration of two important women in his life.

Drawing together the many influences which shaped his life and thinking, The Many Lives of James Lovelock is a unique biography of one of the most fascinating scientists of the modern age.

Product Information:

Book ISBN: 9781805302872
Book Author: Jonathan Watts
Book Format: Hardback
Book Imprint: Canongate Books
Book Publisher: Canongate Books
Book Dimensions: 243 x 163 x 30 cm
Book Publication Date: 2024-12-09
Book Pagination: 320 pages
Book Weight: 546g

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