A rough ride to the future / James Lovelock
By: Lovelock, James [author].
Publisher: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Description: xvi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781468310467.Subject(s): Geobiology -- Philosophy | Biosphere | Gaia hypothesis | Technological innovations | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Evolution -- Philosophy | Earth sciencesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 550| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QH343.4 .L695 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005392 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index
Introduction -- What this book is about -- The lone practice of science -- How invention accelerated evolution -- Gaia and its consequences -- Climate science -- Can we stop climate change? -- The evolution of the city -- Myths of environmentalism, and their consequences -- Human nature and tribalism -- So what was it all about? -- Appendix. Transcription of letters from W.D. Hamilton and J. Maynard Smith
"Presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system, ... the author's reflections on how scientific advances are made, and on his own remarkable life as a lone scientist."--Provided by publisher