{"product_id":"scientists-on-gaia-9780262691604","title":"Scientists on Gaia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen H. Schneider | Penelope J. Boston\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Environmental Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gaia hypothesis suggests that life is an active participant in shaping the physical and chemical environment on which it depends. Scientists on Gaia is a multidisciplinary exploration of this controversial hypothesis, which was introduced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. Forty-four contributions detail the philosophical, empirical, and theoretical foundations of Gaia, mechanisms through which planet-wide homeostasis could occur, applicability of the hypothesis to planets other than Earth, possible destabilization by outside forces, and public policy implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen H. Schneider, a climatologist, is Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Penelope J. Boston, a biologist, is a founder of Complex Systems Research, Lafayette, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591808401559,"sku":"9780262691604","price":7140.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262691604.webp?v=1774974617","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/scientists-on-gaia-9780262691604","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}