The Revenge of Gaia, (Paperback)

from Stbalbach

This is my first Lovelock book. I firmly believe in the dangers of climate change. On the downside I found it to be eccentric, lose with facts, not well researched for other points of view (or intentionally ignoring them), preachy and somewhat insular. His arguments pro-nuclear sound good but he ...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

In which the originator of the Gaia hypothesis presents his case for the propositions that global heating is proceeding more quickly than scientists suspect and that a much wider use of nuclear energy is the likeliest way to try and minimize its progression. Although his Gaia hypothesis isn't too...

from Jewsbury

Lovelock is a non-conformist thinker with an entertaining writing style. His book is an appeal from the heart. It is slightly rough around the edges but it carries a forceful message. Put simply the global natural ecosystem is in bad health. Thus appropriate urgent action (life support) is requir...

from if0x

This is a deceptively short book, but let's start (near) the beginning. James Lovelock was the scientist (and he's a fully paid up, kosher scientist, not some New Age quack) who put into words the concept of the Earth as a living, self-regulating entity. No, don't pick up your coat just yet... he...

from ascapola

For millennia, humankind has exploited the Earth without counting the cost. Now, as the world warms and weather patterns dramatically change, the Earth is beginning to fight back. James Lovelock, one of the giants of environmental thinking, argues passionately and poetically that, although global...