The Many Lives of James Lovelock - Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ''Splendid'' GUARDIAN ''Utterly fascinating'' ROBERT MACFARLANE ''A scientific life as dissonant as it was remarkable'' FINANCIAL TIMES Drawing together the many influences which shaped his life and thinking, The Many Lives of James Lovelock is a unique biography of one of the most important scientists of the modern age and the father of Gaia Theory. Based on over eighty hours of interviews with Lovelock and unprecedented access to his personal papers and scientific archive, Jonathan Watts has written a definitive and revelatory biography of a fascinating, sometimes contradictory man.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Watts, Watts Jonathan
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781837260874
• ISBN: 978-1-83726-087-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Environmentalist thought and ideology