A rough ride to the future

Lovelock, James 1919- (author.).

Summary: "Presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system, ... the author's reflections on how scientific advances are made, and on his own remarkable life as a lone scientist."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781468310467
ISBN: 1468310461
Physical Description: print
xvi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. What This Book Is About -- 2. The Lone Practice of Science -- 3. How Invention Accelerated Evolution -- 4. Gaia and Its Consequences -- 5. Climate Science -- 6. Can We Stop Climate Change? -- 7. The Evolution of the City -- 8. Myths of Environmentalism, and Their Consequences -- 9. Human Nature and Tribalism -- 10. So What Was It All About?