We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
from Part III - 1980–1991
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2022
Margulis apparently considered Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth insufficiently robust in the cause of Gaia’s scientific defense. She now took a more proactive role in sponsoring a book by Lovelock that would meet her own standards. Around June 1983, Lovelock began a letter to Margulis: “Here is a copy of my formal letter to the Commonwealth Fund. Whether or not anything comes of it I am so grateful to you for bringing it to my attention. It is just what I need to keep out of mischief next year” (Letter 152). Recorded here is the inception of what is often considered Lovelock’s best concerted presentation of Gaian science. Not coincidentally, The Ages of Gaia (Lovelock 1988) developed under Margulis’s editorial eye.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
