{"product_id":"james-lovelock-john-gribbin-9780691137506","title":"James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis--the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life--he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Today Lovelock's revolutionary insight, though still extremely controversial, is recognized as one of the most creative, provocative, and captivating scientific ideas of our time. \u003ci\u003eJames Lovelock\u003c\/i\u003e tells for the first time the whole story of this maverick scientist's life and how it served as a unique preparation for the idea of Gaia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on in-depth interviews with Lovelock himself and unprecedented access to his private papers, John and Mary Gribbin paint an intimate and fascinating portrait of a restless, uniquely gifted freethinker. In a lifetime spanning almost a century, Lovelock has followed a career path that led him from chemistry, to medicine, to engineering, to space science. He worked for the British secret service and contributed to the success of the D-Day landings in World War II. He was a medical experimenter and an accomplished inventor. And he was working with NASA on methods for finding possible life on Mars when he struck upon the idea of Gaia, conceiving of the Earth as a vast, living, self-regulating system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deftly framed within the context of today's mounting global-warming crisis, \u003ci\u003eJames Lovelock\u003c\/i\u003e traces the intertwining trajectories of Lovelock's life and the famous idea it brought forth, which continues to provoke passionate debate about the nature and future of life on our planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691137501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691137506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2009 pg. 539\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2009 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2009","brand":"John Gribbin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372305502463,"sku":"9780691137506","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7688f911-a30a-4c08-8f03-cb879ce281fd.jpg?v=1732725582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-lovelock-john-gribbin-9780691137506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}