HOMAGE TO GAIA : THE LIFE OF AN INDEPENDENT SCIENTIST - Softcover

Lovelock, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192862138 ISBN 13: 9780192862136

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2000

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James Lovelock tells the story of his life as an independent scientist and how he came to develop his inventions and theories. He has filed more than 50 patents, including one for the electron capture detector which played a role in the development of environmental awareness, in connection with both the detection of pesticide residues in the environment and the discovery of the global distribution of CFCs. He also tells us about the work he has done for organizations such as NASA, the Ministry of Defence, The Marine Biological Association, and many companies such as Shell, and Hewlett Packard. From his childhood days in East London to a job as a lab assistant - his first crucial steps to becoming a scientist, from chemistry at Manchester University to the Medical Research Council during World War II, his voyage to the Arctic, taking his family to America, returning to England and fighting to save the ozone layer, his quest for Gaia, then into the nineties and a stream of awards, including a CBE from the Queen, James Lovelock has lead a fulfilling life and has been widely recognised by the international scientific community.

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James Lovelock is an independent scientist, inventor, and author. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974 and in 1975 received the Tswett Medal for Chromatography. In 1988 he was a recipient of the Norbert Gerbier Prize of the World Meteorological Organization, and in 1990 was awarded the first Amsterdam Prize for the Environment by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Further awards include the Nonino Prize and the Volvo Environment Prize in 1996, and Japan's Blue planet prize in 1997. Her Majesty the Queen made him a CBE in 1990. One of his inventions is the electron capture detector, which was important in the development of environmental awareness. It revealed for the first time the ubiquitous distribution of pesticide residues. He co-operated with NASA and some of his inventions were adopted in their programme of planetary exploration.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192862138
• ISBN 13: 9780192862136
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
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