Publicado por Allen Lane, 2006
ISBN 10: 0713999268 ISBN 13: 9780713999266
Librería: Project HOME Books, Philadelphia, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Used - Good.
Publicado por Allen Lane for Penguin Books, London 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0713999268 ISBN 13: 9780713999266
Librería: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
21.0 x 14.0cms, 178pp, very good paperback with French flaps. Written when Lovelock was 86, this short book is his testament that it is/was not too late to save at least part of civilisation.
Publicado por Penguin Books, 2006
ISBN 10: 0713999268 ISBN 13: 9780713999266
Librería: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Paperback. Lovelock's unique authority and original perspective sets this book apart from other books on environmental change. He speaks as a planetary physician with more than forty years experience of thinking about how to respond to the earth s needs as a living organism. Illustrated with examples drawn from his experiences around the world, Lovelock draws many radical conclusions, most controversially a passionate advocacy of nuclear energy. This, he argues, is not only a secure, safe and reliable source of energy, but also the only way to counter the lethal heat waves and rising sea levels that will increasingly threaten civilizations. Lovelock argues that the only way for humankind to come to terms with Gaia now, and have a chance of surviving, is to embrace science and technology, not reject them. This is his passionate manifesto of how to do that and so lessen our impact on the Earth before it is too late. First published 2006. 2006. A trade paperback copy in fine, unread condition.
Publicado por Allen Lane / Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2006
ISBN 10: 0713999268 ISBN 13: 9780713999266
Librería: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australian ed. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good condition, colour photos centre spread, few figures, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. 177 pp. The key insight of Lovelock's Gaia Theory is that the entire Earth functions as a single living super-organism. That organism is now sick. It is running a fever because of increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but the human race faces a severe test. It is already too late to prevent the global climate from flipping into a new equilibrium that will threaten civilization. But we can do much to save humanity. In the tradition of "Silent Spring," this is a call to address a major threat to our collective future.