Compelling and controversial, Lovelock is one of the outstanding scientist-philosophers. In this edition, he presents a health-check of our planet. While the findings are both enthralling and depressing, he does provide a prognosis for recovery.

Further Detail

Author's preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Recognising Gaia; Chapter 2 Anatomy; Chapter 3 Physiology; Chapter 4 Epigenesis; Chapter 5 Biochemistry and the cell; Chapter 6 Metabolism and planetary biochemistry; Chapter 7 Physiology and climate regulation; Chapter 8 The people plague; Conclusion; Glossary; Index