Lovelock and Gaia: Signs of Life

by Jon Turney

Book Overview

How is it possible that Earth's atmospheric temperature has remained perfectly suited to supporting life for billions of years? Why do oxygen levels in the atmosphere remain relatively stable when only a minuscule increase would cause everything on Earth to spontaneously combust? Why are the oceans salty, but not salty enough to make them uninhabitable? In the 1960s, an English scientist names James Lovelock formulated a groundbreaking and highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231134304
• ISBN13: 9780231134309
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 6.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher