Synopses & Reviews
Review
"there is much more than science in this book ... This is ultimately an uplifting book about the way life ought to be, both at a personal and at a global level, and a strong contender for science book of the year."--Sunday Times
About the Author
James Lovelock is an independent scientist, inventor, and author. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974 and in 1975 received the Tswett Medal for Chromatography. In 1988 he was a recipient of the Norbert Gerbier Prize of the World Meteorological Organization, and in 1990 was awarded the first Amsterdam Prize for the Environment by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Further awards include the Nonino Prize and the Volvo Environment Prize in 1996, and Japan's Blue planet prize in 1997. Her Majesty the Queen made him a CBE in 1990. One of his inventions is the electron capture detector, which was important in the development of environmental awareness. It revealed for the first time the ubiquitous distribution of pesticide residues. He co-operated with NASA and some of his inventions were adopted in their programme of planetary exploration.
Table of Contents
1. Childhood
2. The Long Apprenticeship
3. Twenty years of Medical Research
4. The Mill Hill Institute
5. The First Steps to Independence at Houston, Texas
6. The Independent Practice of Science
7. The ECD
8. The Ozone War
9. The Quest for Gaia
10. The Practical Side of Independent Science
11. Building Your Own Bypass
12. Three Score Years and Ten and then the Fun Begins
13. Epilogue
Acknowledgements