The Gaia Hypothesis In the early 1960's, James Lovelock was invited by NASA to participate in the scientific research for evidence of life on Mars. His job was to design instruments, capable of detecting the presence of life, which could be sent on a spacecraft to Mars. This led him to think about what constitutes life, and how it can be detected. He decided that the most general characteristic of life was that it takes in energy and matter and discards waste products. He also reasoned
The Gaia hypothesis was expressed by James Lovelock in mid 1960s and published in a book in 1979.（Sean Chamberlin) The ancient Greek called their Earth goddess Gaia, James Lovelock had taken the idea of ancient Greek and named his hypothesis Gaia. The central theme for Gaia Hypothesis is that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating. Most simply expressed as “The Earth is Alive.”(Virtual Fossil Museum) If there are some inherent factors harmful to Earth
The Gaia Hypothesis The Gaia Hypothesis is a hypothesis that was developed by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the late 1970's. James Lovelock is a British scientist, an atmospheric chemist, and also an inventor with an education in human physiology. Lynn Margulis was a microbiologist during the 1970's at Boston University. She also originated the theory of the eukaryotic cell arising as a result of endosymbiotic cell capture. This theory is the one that gave her the credibility to advance
The Relationship Between the Earth's Biota and Physical Environment in John Lovelock's book The Ages of Gaia John Lovelock in his book The Ages of Gaia presents an argument for a theory governing the relationship between the earth's biota and its physical environment. Lovelock holistic view of nature combines biology and geoclimatology as one science, which he calls geophysiology, "the study of living and non-living Earth as a single system (Lovelock 11)." Lovelock's theory states that life is
warming explaining the phenomena of accelerating change in the number and size of weather-related disturbances. This is a synthesis of three books: Al Gore's an inconvenient truth, Stuart Kauffman's At Home in the Universe, and Dr. James Lovelock's Gaia: A new look at life on Earth, presenting a theory predicting the general parameters of global warming over the coming years. 1. Introduction. This paper is intended as a starting point for creating a framework within which to discuss and
was thought to be the only method to explain the natural world and thus these methods prevailed and set the foundat... ... middle of paper ... ...e to its own inability to adapt at the rate in which it makes the earth adapt. The idea of Gaia is the idea of earth as a living entity. Like all living entities, changes in its environment causes it to adapt. Adaptation is the key to survival but in adaptation there is a central concept of the Law if Inherited Acquired Characteristics. This
Gaia: Argument over a single word THESIS: Life on earth has been considered by some as a purposeful interaction tending toward ecological stability. However, when the scientific community led by James Lovelock tried to match this concept with science, it was (and continues to be) a dilemma. Introduction Whenever one hears the word Gaia, he or she will also hear life, goddess, purpose, ecology, and undoubtedly controversy. Not many topics have provoked more controversy among the scientific
recap the surprising nature vs. nurture fight. The following pages will explain the highlights, but if you want to learn about this war in its entirety, you’ll find the blow-by-blow account available to the public in Connie Barlow’s collection, From Gaia to Selfish Genes, in a chapter entitled "Nature, Nurture, and Sociobiology." What began this brawl of the biologists? Was it a woman? No. Was it a war? No. It was a metaphor. And the metaphor states that society is an organism. This metaphor believes
circles could be electromagnetic radiation. Magnetic fields have been found inside crop circles and people have felt tingling in their body near crop circles. Dr. William Levengood says that crops in the crop circles were damaged like one in a The Gaia theory says that Earth is an intellectual matter that uses these crop circles to communicate with the humans. Colin Andrews believes that this theory is very logical because it is Earth’s attempt to refocus us back on earth. Before the technological
Hestia is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, and the state. In Greek mythology she is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. she was raised by the Titans Oceanus. It is told that Hera is the beautiful and powerful wife of Zeus. She is the most beautiful of the immortals, even more beautiful than Aphrodite. The majority of the antiquated Greeks trusted her to be the celestial portrayal of serenity in a typical household life. She was born to Cronus
half snake.” (Siteseen Pg. 2-3) Tartarus had other children with other gods, one of these children would be Typhon. Tartarus had him with Gaea, the stories describe him as a sickening monster that had 100 dragon heads. Typhon was the last child of Gaia and Tartarus. It was said Typhon was a god more powerful than Zeus. Typhon was in the Battle for Olympus. Typhon was tired of being an outcast and decided to take over Mount Olympus, home of the gods. Zeus didn’t like this and battle Typhon. It
The Language Behind Dawkins’ Selfish Gene Theory According to Michael Polanyi, our understanding of a concept depends in part on the language we use to describe it. Connie Barlow's book, From Gaia to Selfish Genes, looks at metaphors in science as integral parts of some new biological theories. One example is Richard Dawkins' theory about the selfish gene, where he claims that the most basic unit of humanity, the gene, is a selfish entity unto itself that exists outside the realm of our individual
deceit, and forming mother-child bonds to preserve the female power of birth, the unique power to control what is created and influence the actions of that creation. In the Theogony, creation starts with two powerful initial goddesses: Chaos and Gaia. These goddesses give birth to a plethora of children, all of them born “without [the goddesses] mating in sweet love” (line 132). Because they give birth through self-procreation the goddesses have absolute control over their wombs. As other deities
Hades is the King of the Underworld and God of the Dead and Death. Hades controls Whether anyone to leave the Underworld. He has power over all area’s including Tartarus. His story about his life is very interesting from being a child to a powerful King and God of the Underworld. Hades was the child of Kronos and Rhea, or the “abandon child.” Hades never had a good relationship with Kronos and Rhea. All children except Zeus were swallowed by Kronos. Kronos knew that Zeus would over throw him, because
members of the opposite sex. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE There are many origins to Aphrodite's birth. Some of them are: 1) She arose full-grown out of the foam of the sea, 2) She is the daughter of Zeus and Dionne, 3) She is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, which would make her a Titaness, or 4) She is the daughter of Titans Oceanus and Tethys, making her an Oceanid.3 The most common origin of her birth is her being foam-born, which is what her name means. This origin says that Aphrodite arose nude
Greek Mythology: Fact or Fiction “Most myths can be divided into two groups: explanatory myths and creation myths. Creation myths are those that try to explain the origin of the world, the creation of human beings and the birth of gods and goddesses. Explanatory myths are those that try to explain natural processes or events and also some deal with illness and death. Mythical beings fall into several groups. Many gods and goddesses resemble human beings even though they do have supernatural
She is the type of goddess that can help you in a dire time, but when betrayed, can kill you on site. Born leader, not your ordinary woman, came to raise the expectations of women. Athena, the daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom and handicraft, are some of the characteristics attributed to her that will be explored. Athena is a force not to be reckoned with. Her birth was unbelievable, her role in Greek society was renowned, as well as in Roman society when she punished Arachne. Where is your
The Destructive Power of Love in Hesiod's Theogony Love is one of the most fundamental forces at work in Hesiod's Theogony.Ê Personified as Eros, Love is one of the first gods to appear.Ê Although he is parentless and fathers no children of his own, he plays catalyst to the reproductive creation of the world.Ê Just as the world is not perfect, however, so Eros is not an entirely benevolent power.Ê He affects all beings indiscriminately, which results in the proliferation of monsters and dark
powerful goddess when it came to members of the opposite sex. There are many origins to Aphrodite's birth. Some of them are: She arose full-grown out of the foam of the sea, She is the daughter of Zeus and Dionne, She is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, which would make her a Titaness, or She is the daughter of Titans Oceanus and Tethys, making her an Oceanid. (Dittus 34-35) “The most common origin of her birth is her being foam-born, which is what her name means” (Parin 45). This origin says that
men. Gaia and the Titan Rhea rise up against their husbands in order to protect their children. Pandora, another woman in the Greek myths, shows that all evil comes from woman. Aphrodite, Gaia, Rhea, and Pandora cause the ancient Greek men to be suspicious of women because of her mischievous and wild behavior. In Hesiod’s