 About the Author
James Lovelock (born 1919) is an independent scientist, environmentalist, author and researcher and an influential figure in the history of the environmental movement.
Lovelock was born on 26 July 1919 in Letchworth Garden City in the UK. He graduated as a chemist from Manchester University in 1941 and in 1948 received a PhD in medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1959 he received a DSc degree in biophysics from London University. In the United States he has taught at Yale, the Baylor University College of Medicine, and at Harvard University. He also holds honorary doctorates from several universities throughout the world.
Among Lovelock’s early scientific work was for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Lunar and Planetary Research. Since 1964 he has conducted an independent practice in science, although continuing honorary academic associations as a visiting professor, first at the University of Houston and then at the University of Reading in the UK. Since 1982 he has been associated with the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth, first as a council member, and from 1986 to 1990 as its president.
Most famously, Lovelock is the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory) and has written five books on the subject. He is at present an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College, Oxford University, and was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1990.
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| James Lovelock: Part 1, The Gaia Hypothesis
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the Gaia hypothesis with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 2, The Curse of Complexity
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the curse of complexity with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 3, Impacts on the Planet
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the impacts on the planet with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 4, Technological Solutions
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about technological solutions with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 5, The Role of Business and Government
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the role of business and government with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 6, How Gaia and Humanity will Adapt
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about how Gaia and humanity will adapt with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 7, The Psychology of Change
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the psychology of change with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 8, The Role of Science
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about the role of science with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 9, Revisiting Daisy World
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about revisiting Daisy World with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 10, Sources of Inspiration and the IPCC
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about sources of inspiration and the IPCC with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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| James Lovelock: Part 11, China and Hope for the Future
In this video, James Lovelock, author of Gaia (1979), one of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about China and hope for the future with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 16 September 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.
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