Gaia: The Growth of an Idea
by Joseph, Lawrence E. (signed); James Lovelock; Lynn Margulis (subject)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 031204318X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312043186
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Signed on the title page by Joseph. Uncommon signed. As the subtitle suggests, it explores the history of the Gaia idea--that the Earth is a living, self-regulating organism--put forth by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis (the book is dedicated to them and "to everyone who gives them a good argument"). As Publishers Weekly reports, in the book "the twists and turns of Gaian politics are deftly unraveled" and it "explores how the Gaian outlook has influenced feminism, goddess art, neopaganism, and Green Party ecopolitics." Joseph is a science journalist who has written for many national magazines. A very good or better book with light edge wear to boards (one bump to top board) and some sporadic dogeared pages; the binding crackles a little as the cover opens. In a very good jacket with wear to spine ends and some creasing to top edges, with a Barnes & Noble bookstore sticker on rear panel at upper left
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1087
- Title
- Gaia: The Growth of an Idea
- Author
- Joseph, Lawrence E. (signed); James Lovelock; Lynn Margulis (subject)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 031204318X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312043186
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1990
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