GAIA: A NEW LOOK AT LIFE ON EARTH..Reprinted with new Preface by LOVELOCK, J. E - 1987

Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1987. Reprinted with new Preface. Paperback. 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.5 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid,bright ; blue, white & orange cover titles on dark sky fiew of blue & white earth photo.. ; 176 pages; Gaia hypothesis, first put forth in the mid-1960s, and published in book form in 1975, has had a radical effect on scientific views of evolution and the environment. Fiercely debated by biologists, chemists, and cyberneticists, it has been the subject of numerous conferences and a BBC special which aired on public TV's "Nova" series. Green Peace and other environmental groups have embraced the theory, and Isaac Asimov incorporated it into two his science fiction novels. Now, James Lovelock provides a new preface to his his seminal work, confronting his critics, and, addressing the current advances in science and technology, demonstrates how his predictions have already begun to be fulfilled. .