Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century

by Stephen H. Schneider, Eileen Crist, James R. Miller, et al.

Book Overview

Scientists Debate Gaia is a multidisciplinary reexamination of the Gaia hypothesis, which was introduced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. The Gaia hypothesis holds that Earth's physical and biological processes are linked to form a complex, self-regulating system and that life has affected this system over time. Until a few decades ago, most of the earth sciences viewed the planet through disciplinary lenses: biology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262693690
• ISBN13: 9780262693691
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher