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The Gaia Hypothesis: Science On A Pagan Planet (Science.Culture),New
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In 1965 English Scientist James Lovelock Had A Flash Of Insight: The Earth Is Not Just Teeming With Life; The Earth, In Some Sense, Is Life. He Mulled This Revolutionary Idea Over For Several Years, First With His Close Friend The Novelist William Golding, And Then In An Extensive Collaboration With The American Scientist Lynn Margulis. In The Early 1970S, He Finally Went Public With The Gaia Hypothesis, The Idea That Everything Happens For An End: The Good Of Planet Earth. Lovelock And Margulis Were Scorned By Professional Scientists, But The General Public Enthusiastically Embraced Lovelock And His Hypothesis. People Joined Gaia Groups; Churches Had Gaia Services, Sometimes With New Music Written Especially For The Occasion. There Was A Gaia Atlas, Gaia Gardening, Gaia Herbs, Gaia Retreats, Gaia Networking, And Much More. And The Range Of Enthusiasts Wasand Still Isbroad.In The Gaia Hypothesis, Philosopher Michael Ruse, With His Characteristic Clarity And Wit, Uses Gaia And Its History, Its Supporters And Detractors, To Illuminate The Nature Of Science Itself. Gaia Emerged In The 1960S, A Decade When Authority Was Questioned And Status And Dignity Stood For Nothing, But Its Story Is Much Older. Ruse Traces Gaias Connection To Plato And A Long History Of Goaldirected And Holisticor Organicistthinking And Explains Why Lovelock And Marguliss Peers Rejected It As Pseudoscience. But Ruse Also Shows Why The Project Was A Success. He Argues That Lovelock And Margulis Should Be Commended For Giving Philosophy Firm Scientific Basis And For Provoking Important Scientific Discussion About The World As A Whole, Its Homeostasis Orin This Age Of Global Environmental Uncertaintyits Lack Thereof.Melding The World Of Science And Technology With The World Of Feeling, Mysticism, And Religion, The Gaia Hypothesis Will Appeal To A Broad Range Of Readers, From Students And Scholars Of The History And Philosophy Of Science To Anyone Interested In New Age Culture.
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