Writing Gaia: The Scientific Correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis

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In 1972, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis began collaborating on the Gaia hypothesis. They suggested that over geological time, life on Earth has had a major role in both producing and regulating its own environment. Gaia is now an ecological and environmental worldview underpinning vital scientific and cultural debates over environmental issues. Their ideas have transformed the Earth and life sciences, as well as contemporary conceptions of nature. Their correspondence describes these crucial developments from the inside, showing how their partnership proved decisive for the development of the Gaia hypothesis. Clarke and Dutreuil provide historical background and explain the concepts and references introduced throughout the Lovelock-Margulis correspondence, while highlighting the major landmarks of their collaboration within the sequence of almost 300 letters written between 1970 and 2007. This book will be of interest to researchers in ecology, history of science, environmental history and climate change, and cultural science studies. Copyright_page Epigraph Table_of_Contents List of Figures List of Contributors Foreword by James Lovelock Preface Acknowledgements Introduction part i: 1970–1972 1970 1971 1972 part ii: 1973–1979 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 part iii: 1980–1991 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 part iv: 1992–2007 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 part v: commentaries on lovelock and margulis Darwinizing Gaia Gaia at the Margulis Lab Gaia and the Water of Life Gaia as a Problem of Social Theory Befriending Gaia: My Early Correspondence with Jim Lovelock Gaia™sPervasive Influence Gaia™sMicrobiome Tangled Up in Gaia Lovelock and Margulis Discovering_Geology_Discovering_Gaia Glossary of Names Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index