biography
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Lovelock, James (Ephraim)
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| lived:
| (1919– )
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| biography:
| British scientist. He studied at Manchester and London, worked at the National Institute for Medical Research (1941–61), was professor of chemistry at Baylor University, TX (1961–4), and then worked as an independent scientist. He is best known as the originator of the ‘Gaia hypothesis’, a controversial ecological idea that considers the Earth as a single living entity, in his book Gaia (1979). Later books include Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine (1991). He was made a Companion of Honour in 2002. |
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