Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

Gaia is an intimate account of a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of Earth.

Bringing knowledge from astronomy to zoology in support of his hypothesis, Lovelock explores the idea that the life of Earth functions as a single organism which actually defines and maintains conditions necessary for its survival.

Since Gaia was first published in 1979, many of Lovelock’s predictions have come true and his theory has become one of the most hotly debated topics in scientific circles. Recently it was the subject of the BBC Television programme Horizon. In a new Preface written for this revised impression he answers recent criticism of his ideas, and underlines the continuing implications of his theory for the future.