- Environmental sciences, Popular works, Gaia hypothesis, Climatic changes
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Contemporary, epic, earnest and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- James Lovelock
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- ALLEN LANE, Intrinseca, Perseus Books Group
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- und, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788598078168
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First sentence
“As always, bad events usurp the news agenda, and as I write in the comfort of my Devon home, the New Orleans catastrophe fills the television screens and front pages.”
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