Book description
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 warming is now inevitable, we are not yet too late to
save at least part of human civilization. This short book, written at
the age of eighty-six after a lifetime engaged in the science of the
earth, is his testament. James Lovelock is the author of more than 200
scientific papers and the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia
Theory). He has written three books on the subject:
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, The Ages of Gaia
and Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine
, as well as an autobiography, Homage to Gaia
. In 2003 he was made a Companion of Honour by Her Majesty the Queen,
and in September 2005 Prospect
magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global public
intellectuals. In April 2006 he was awarded the Edinburgh Medal at the
Edinburgh International Science Festival.
