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A rough ride to the future  Cover Image Book Book

A rough ride to the future / James Lovelock.

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Presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system. This book presents the author's reflections on how scientific advances are made, and on his own remarkable life as a lone scientist.

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  • ISBN: 9780241004760 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: xvi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Biosphere.
Earth sciences.
Evolution > Philosophy.
Gaia hypothesis.
Geobiology > Philosophy.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Technological innovations.

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