{"product_id":"the-ages-of-gaia-a-biography-of-our-living-earth-commonwealth-fund-book-program","title":"The Ages of Gaia by James Lovelock","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Ages of Gaia [Updated \u0026amp; Revised]: A Biography of Our Living Earth by James Lovelock\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Commonwealth Fund Book Program Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Lovelock \u003c\/strong\u003eproposes that all living species are components of that organism, as cells are components of the human body. Lovelock first sketched out his theory in his bestseller, \u003cem\u003eGaia: A New Look at Life on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e. People all over the world embraced the theory, and in less than ten years it moved from the margins of scientific research to the mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovelock argues that such things as the level of oxygen, the formation of clouds, and the saltiness of the oceans may all be controlled by biological processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe believes that \"living organisms create the optimum conditions for their own existence, and in so doing create the superorganism Gaia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e has called his arguments in favor of Gaia \u003cem\u003e\"plausible and above all illuminating.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50305541341499,"sku":"0393312399","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780393312393.jpg?v=1776333847","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-ages-of-gaia-a-biography-of-our-living-earth-commonwealth-fund-book-program","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}