Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan

Broschiertes Buch

Gaia and Philosophy

Beschreibung

In the 1970s, microbiologist Lynn Margulis and atmospheric chemist James Lovelock developed the Gaia theory, which describes a living Earth: a body in the form of a planet. Fusing science, mathematics, philosophy, ecology and mythology, Gaia and Philosophy, with a new introduction by Dorion Sagan, challenges Western anthropocentrism to propose a symbiotic planet.

Autor

Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an interdisciplinary evolutionary biologist, author and educator. She was the primary intellectual force in the 20th and early 21st century responsible for the acceptance of the role of symbiogenesis (of archaea and bacteria) played in the evolution of the eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei) that became plants, animals, and fungi. She also, by underscoring the roles of gas-exchanging bacteria, helped turn James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis that the reactive gases of Earth's atmosphere were physiologically regulated by life away from thermodynamic equilibrium.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Silver Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 113mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 68g
• ISBN-13: 9781739371760
• ISBN-10: 1739371763
• Artikelnr.: 70942611