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James Ephraim Lovelock CH CBE FRS (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis , which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
Learn about James Lovelock, an English chemist, doctor, and author who created the Gaia hypothesis, an idea that Earth is a self-regulating system. Find out his inventions, awards, and views on climate change.
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Jul 27, 2022 · British scientist James Lovelock, who devoted his life to the global green movement, has died on his 103rd birthday, his family has said. His 1960s Gaia theory found that Earth, from rocks to...
Jul 27, 2022 · James Lovelock, the maverick British ecologist whose work was essential to today’s understanding of man-made pollutants and their effect on climate and who captured the scientific world’s...
Learn about James Lovelock, the scientist who developed the Gaia theory, the electron capture detector and the microwave oven. Find his scientific papers, articles, speeches and tributes on his personal website.
Aug 3, 2022 · Jim Lovelock (never ‘James’) is remembered as the father of the Gaia hypoth-esis: the idea that Earth is a self-regulating living organism. Few accepted his argument that this should be...
Jul 28, 2022 · James Lovelock, who died in 2022, was a maverick thinker who challenged orthodox views on life, evolution and the environment. He invented the electron capture detector, developed the Gaia hypothesis with Lynn Margulis, and warned of the dangers of global warming and the Anthropocene.
