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A tribute to my friend James Lovelock

30 July 2022

3:00 PM

30 July 2022

3:00 PM

The scientist James Lovelock died this week at the age of 103. He was best known for his Gaia theory, which found that Earth is a self-regulating system formed by the interaction between living organisms and their surroundings. Here, Bryan Appleyard, who co-wrote ‘Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence’ with Lovelock, pays tribute to his friend:

James Lovelock died this Tuesday on his 103rd birthday.

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