Lewis Thomas has often been called the “poet-philosopher” of the medical world and that’s because of his ability to link all things to a central idea of biology.  Where others might fear to tread, Lewis sees a world in which…

With a foreword by James Lovelock, one of the creators of Gaia Theory, you know that Elisabet Sahtouris’ Earthdance will concern itself with big things.  In fact, it concerns itself with two of the biggest concepts of them all in…

When the idea of “Gaia” was first proposed it was dismissed as new-age nonsense by much of the scientific community. Today, however, much of the original idea is considered to be scientific fact and those parts that weren’t? Have been…

With a foreword by the preeminent zoologist Gerard Durrell, you know that The Gaia Atlas of Planetary Management is a serious text.  It was originally published in 1984, but Norman Myers’ classic work has been brought, somewhat, up to date…

Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan go on the scientific attack in Acquiring Genomes and challenge the assumptions many of us have about evolution and the world around us. They argue that instead of being the dominant factor in evolution, random…

Gaia. It’s the idea that the living organisms of the world are able to play a part in shaping both the physical and chemical environment in which they exist and, perhaps, vice-versa. The idea was first put forward by Lovelock…