Gaia’s Body
Title | Gaia’s Body PDF eBook |
Author | Tyler Volk |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461221900 |
If the biosphere really is a single coherent system, then it must have something like a physiology. It must have systems and processes that perform living functions. In Gaia's Body, Tyler Volk describes the environment that enables the biosphere to exist, various ways of looking at its "anatomy" and "physiology", the major biogeographical regions such as rainforests, deserts, and tundra, the major substances the biosphere is made of, and the chemical cycles that keep it in balance. He then looks at the question of whether there are any long-term trends in the earth's evolution, and examines the role of humanity in Gaia's past and future. Both adherents and sceptics have often been concerned that Gaia theory contains too much goddess and too few verifiable hypotheses. This is the book that describes, for scientists, students, and lay readers alike, the theory's firm basis in science.
Gaia's Body
Title | Gaia's Body PDF eBook |
Author | Tyler Volk |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Gaia hypothesis |
ISBN |
Gaia's Sacred Chakras
Title | Gaia's Sacred Chakras PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Bertulli |
Publisher | Trafford Publishing |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1412012759 |
This work is a personal exploration of seven ancient sites as sacred heritage and the relation of each one to one of the seven major chakras. In travelling to a sacred place, one discovers the site's spiritual power within its actual setting. Each site is related to a specific chakra on the basis of the author's experience there and the symbolism and concept associated with the chakra. Each chapter begins with an original poem and ends with a guided meditation.
Gaia
Title | Gaia PDF eBook |
Author | Toni Carmine Salerno |
Publisher | Blue Angel Gallery |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780980286540 |
In this beautifully presented, full-colour book in a deluxe padded hardcover, best-selling artist and author Toni Carmine Salerno offers reflections and meditations in honour of Mother Nature and the feminine spirit.Featuring illuminating illustrations and depictions of nature and the Goddess, 'Gaia: Body and Soul' is a book you will treasure and refer back to time and again.This new expanded edition of 'Gaia: Body and Soul' is presented in a larger size, including 12 extra pages with new paintings and writings and deluxe gold edging.
Gaia in Turmoil
Title | Gaia in Turmoil PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Crist |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 782 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0262033755 |
Essays link Gaian science to such global environmental quandaries as climate change and biodiversity destruction, providing perspectives from science, philosophy, politics, and technology.
Unity Of Nature, The: Wholeness And Disintegration In Ecology And Science
Title | Unity Of Nature, The: Wholeness And Disintegration In Ecology And Science PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Marshall |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2002-10-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1783261161 |
The idea behind The Unity of Nature is a strong theoretical theme in a number of scientific and environmental fields from ecosystems ecology, through quantum physics to environmental philosophy and ecopolitics giving rise to an inspiring, optimistic, socially-responsive and environment-friendly worldview. The fields of science and environmentalism have inherited this theme of natural unity through an intellectual lineage that encompasses many non-scientific and non-environmental fields such as sociology, theology and political philosophy. Many of these fields have used natural unity in a way which is in stark opposition to the metaphysical and political desires of those who promulgate the unity of nature for progressive social change.This book discusses how this has transpired and examines the social and intellectual processes that have been at work. These include the social construction of the Organicism versus Mechanicism debate in ecology, the intellectual links between neo-classical economic principles and the ‘New Sciences’, the techno-scientific background of Gaia theory, and the social conservatism of ecological functionalism.
Scientists Debate Gaia
Title | Scientists Debate Gaia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Henry Schneider |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780262194983 |
Leading scientists bring the controversy over Gaia up to date by exploring a broad range of recent thinking on Gaia theory.