By James E. Lovelock, Bowerchalke, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts. England and Lynn Margulis, Department of Biology, Boston University, 2, Cummington Street, Boston, Mass., USA. Published in Tellus XXVI (1974), 1-2. Manuscript received May 8 1973; revised version August 20, 1973. Abstract. During the time, 3.2 x 109 years, that life has been present on Earth, the physical and chemical conditions …
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By James E. Lovelock, Coombe Mill, St. Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall, England. Copyright 1989 by the American Geophysical Union. Published in Reviews of Geophysics 17, 11 May 1989, pages 215-222. Abstract. The Gaia hypothesis postulates that the climate and chemical composition of the Earth’s surface environment is, and has been, regulated at a …
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Transfer of respiratory infection This was my first work for the MRC starting when I was 21. It continued until 1951. The significant papers of this period are marked “†” and include the development of a series of effective aerial bactericides from a theory of their action. Bourdillon, R.B., Lidwell, O.M. and Lovelock, J.E. 1942. …
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