Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 10. So What Was It All About?. 2. The Lone Practice of Science -- 3. How Invention Accelerated Evolution -- 4. Gaia and Its Consequences -- 5. Climate Science -- 6. Can We Stop Climate Change? -- 7. The Evolution of the City -- 8. Myths of Environmentalism, and Their Consequences -- 9. Human Nature and Tribalism -- 10. So What Was It All About?.
Summary:
"Presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system ... the author's reflections on how scientific advances are made, and on his own remarkable life as a lone scientist."--Provided by publisher.
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