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Gaia theory

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Gaia Theory and Chemistry Summary
990 words, approx. 3 pages
Since the earliest recorded history, philosophers, scientists, and others have described an interplay between life and Earth's environment. The Gaia hypothesis draws on this concept but incorporates modern scientific disciplines such as microbiology,...
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Gaia Hypothesis Summary
858 words, approx. 3 pages
The Gaia hypothesis is a recent and controversial theory that views Earth as an integrated, pseudo-organismic entity, and not as a mere physical object in space. Gaia, Earth, was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a living, fertile ancestor of many...
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Gaia Hypothesis Summary
858 words, approx. 3 pages
The Gaia hypothesis is a recent and controversial theory that views Earth as an integrated, pseudo-organismic entity, and not as a mere physical object in space. Gaia, the Earth, was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a living, fertile ancestor of...
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Gaia Hypothesis Summary
446 words, approx. 2 pages
The word Gaia is an umbrella term that is derived from the Greek word meaning Goddess of the Earth. It has now come to symbolize "Earth-Mother," or "Living Earth," hypothesizing that the Earth acts like a "superorganism," with all its biological and...
 


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Skeptical Inquirer
A Way of Life for Agnostics?(Gaia theory)
09/01/2001: 1,526 words, approx. 5 pages
T.H. Huxley's intention to have science replace religion as the authoritative source of information about life and the cosmos has succeeded beyond his expectations. Unfortunately more has been discredited than he may have intended. To help fill the resulting ethical vacuum, the author proposes...
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LIVING PLANET.(the Gaia Theory)(Interview)
08/01/2000: 2,234 words, approx. 7 pages
The idea of the Earth as a self-regulating, living organism was once scorned by the scientific community. But over the last 20 years, this holistic view has been gaining ground. Rory Spowers meets James Lovelock, the man behind the Gaia Theory ALTHOUGH SIMILAR...
 


 

Gaia theory

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