Lovelock's unique authority and original perspective sets this book apart from other books on environmental change. He speaks as a "planetary physician" with more than forty years' experience of thinking about how to respond to the Earth's needs as a living organism. Illustrated with examples drawn from his experiences around the world, Lovelock draws many radical conclusions, most controversially a passionate advocacy of nuclear energy. This, he argues, is not only a secure, safe and reliable source of energy but also the only way to counter the lethal heat waves and rising sea levels which will increasingly threaten civilisations. Lovelock argues that the only way for humankind to come to terms with Gaia now, and have a chance of surviving, is to embrace science and technology, not reject them. This is his passionate manifesto of how to do that and so lessen our impact on the Earth before it is too late.
- ISBN10 0713999268
- ISBN13 9780713999266
- Publish Date 27 April 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 December 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Allen Lane
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English