Samuel Mitchell

Lynn Margulis, one of the originators of the Gaia Theory, argues in Symbiotic Planet, that Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species failed to touch on one important topic.  The Origin of the Species, in fact. She says that while the…

What do you get when you combine Gaia Theory, the idea of a biosphere as a single ecosystem, and microbiology together?  It’s not a joke. The answer is Microcosmos and it’s a history of 4 billion years of microbial evolution…

What does it mean to be alive? It’s a simple question but the answer is one that has taxed brilliant minds over the centuries.  In What Is Life? Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan have teamed up to answer the question…

A Sand County Almanac is one of the most influential books in land management and it nearly single-handedly launched a revolution in the field.  It also, without really knowing it, touches on Gaia Theory and how the entire ecosystem can…

James Lovelock was the scientist who invented Gaia Theory, that of a biosphere which acts as a single complex system which we can affect as it, in turn, affects us. Homage to Gaia is his life story and it was…

In Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, James Lovelock originated the Gaia Theory that the biosphere of our planet is, in essence, a large complex system which we can influence.  In Healing Gaia, he takes that idea a…

James Lovelock’s groundbreaking book, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth introduced the world to the concept of the Gaia hypothesis. First published in 1979, the book introduces the concept of the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth’s…

As an astrobiologist at NASA, David Grinspoon has a very optimistic message about the problems that we’re facing as a species. He’s summed it all up in Earth In Human Hands. Yes, there’s a big slice of climate change in here…

Many of our favorite books on Gaia Theory are those based in science, but Freeman Dyson’s From Eros to Gaia approaches the idea from a different viewpoint.  Instead of science, he uses philosophy and the history of spirituality in the…

Gaia in Turmoil is a collection of essays from notable scientists that aim to acknowledge the current ecological challenges of our times and to find solutions to them. It is firmly rooted in the Gaian theory that the entire biosphere…

There have been few ideas, in recent years, which have upset the scientific apple cart as much as the concept of “Gaia” which was first promoted by James Lovelock. The idea is simple. The biosphere of our planet is a…