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Pronunciation: [lˈʌvlɒk] (IPA)

Lovelock, a term originating from the name of a scientist, James Lovelock, refers to the theory or concept that the Earth is a self-regulating system, much like a living organism. There are several synonyms for Lovelock, including "Gaia hypothesis," "Earth system science," or "biosphere feedback." Gaia hypothesis, proposed by Lovelock himself, takes the earth as a complex, living system, which interacts with the climate and atmosphere, and can self-adjust to maintain a balance for the survival of all life on earth. Earth system science, on the other hand, encompasses the study of various components of the earth, such as oceans, land, and atmosphere. It explores the processes and interactions between them, which contribute to global climate and ecology. Finally, biosphere feedback refers to the feedback mechanism in which the earth's organisms interact with the environment to maintain its equilibrium.
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I got up and made a sort of bow, with a scrape of my foot and a pull at a Lovelock I wore in those days, for it was not for me, I felt, to sit in the presence of one like her; when Jane, laughing, said- "Why, Ben, don't you know Susan Willis?"
"The Loss of the Royal George"
W.H.G. Kingston
And right in the center of my punishment of that Lovelock with the stiff brush without a handle, which was twins with another that had come with the gentleman's traveling bag which I had purchased in New York of the nice fat gentleman in the store of clothing for men, into my room came that Buzz without any ceremony save a rap upon my door which did not allow sufficient time for any response from me.
"The Daredevil"
Maria Thompson Daviess
My first action was to take down that Lovelock and with the oil of roses to lay it in its accustomed place upon my cheek, which burned with a beautiful rose of shame and at the same moment with some other emotion that I did not understand; which emotion also made my eyes as bright as the night stars out in that Camp Heaven.
"The Daredevil"
Maria Thompson Daviess

Famous quotes with Lovelock

  • Again, science has the power to silence heretics. Today it is the only institution that can claim authority. Like the Church in the past, it has the power to destroy, or marginalise, independent thinkers. (Think how orthodox medicine reacted to Freud, and orthodox Darwinians to Lovelock.) In fact, science does not yield any fixed picture of things, but by censoring thinkers who stray too far from current orthodoxies it preserves the comforting illusion of a single established worldview.
    John Gray (philosopher)

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