Wissenschaft

From “Apocalypso” to “Qi

Übersetzt von Saskia Köbschall

its moods and tonalities

mocking rain with irrigated agriculture and cities built in floodplains

Gaian Systems Egel WissenschaftOften seen as an outlier in science, Gaia has run a long and varied course since its formulation in the 1970s by atmospheric chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis. Gaian Systems is a pioneering exploration of the dynamic and complex evolution of Gaias many variants, with special attention to Marguliss foundational role in these developments. Bruce Clarke assesses the different dialects of systems theory brought to bear on Gaia