Gaia's Grand Old Man

James Lovelock, author of the "Gaia Hypothesis," discusses deforestation, global warning, and the environmental movement.

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September 2, 2000, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

James Lovelock is the inventor of a detector that was used to collect the hard data for Rachel Carson landmark 1962 environmental book "Silent Spring." Lovelock is best known for conceiving the "Gaia Hypothesis" - a hypothesis that the the Earth is more like a livingorganism than a rock or a machine. In an interview with Salon he discusses deforestation, global warning, and the environmental movement.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Thursday, August 17, 2000 in Salon

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