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Book SynopsisEarth, Life & System: Evolution and Ecology on a Gaian Planet explores the multiple themes of Lynn Margulis’s science: microbial evolution, ecology and symbiosis, the coupled interactions of environment and life in Gaia theory, and the connections of these newer scientific ideas to cultural and creative productions.
Trade Review"Earth, Life, and System is a strikingly original and challenging collection of essays, which places the work and broad intellectual interests of Lynne Margulis in a variety of contexts and develops original arguments and interpretations that expand on and complement her interests." -- -Stacy Alaimo University of Texas at Arlington "Earth, Life, and System is a vital contribution to interdisciplinary knowledge about life, evolution, and the planetary imaginary. Clarke has assembled some of the best thought-provoking thinkers on this topic." -- -Tyler Volk New York University
Table of ContentsContents List of Plates and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Earth, Life & System Bruce Clarke 1. Life on a Margulisian Planet: A Son's Philosophical Reflections Dorion Sagan 2. The RNA/Protein World and the Endoprebiotic Origin of Life Sankar Chatterjee 3. Exobiology at NASA: Incubator for the Gaia and Serial Endosymbiosis Theories James Strick 4. Symbiosis, Microbes, Kingdoms, and Domains Jan Sapp 5. The World Egg and the Ouroboros: Two Models for Theoretical Biology Susan Squier 6. The Planetary Imaginary: Gaian Ecologies from Dune to Neuromancer Bruce Clarke 7. James Shapiro, Bringing Cell Action into Evolution James Shapiro 8. Sustainable Development: Living with Systems Susan Oyama 9. Bovine Urbanism: The Ecological Corpulence of Bos Urbanus Christopher Witmore 10. Symbiotism: Earth and the Greening of Civilization Peter Westbroek Notes References List of Contributors Index
