James lovelock Summary

My presentation was on James lovelock and he was born on July 26, 1919 in Letchworth Garden City in the United Kingdom. He graduated as a chemist from Manchester University in 1941 and in 1948 received a Ph.D. degree in medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1959 he received the D.Sc. degree in biophysics from London University. He is the author of approximately 200 scientific papers, distributed almost equally among topics in Medicine, Biology, and Instrument Science. He has filed more than 50 patents, mostly for detectors for use in chemical analysis. The electron capture detector was important in the development of environmental awareness. It revealed for the first time the global distribution of pesticide residues and other halogen bearing chemicals. This information that enabled Rachel Carson to write her book, Silent Spring often said to have initiated the awareness of environmental disturbance. Mostly what he is known for is the Gaia hypothesis The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating, complex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet. The hypothesis, which is named after the Greek goddess Gaia, was form by James Lovelock.