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James Lovelock

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July 26, 1919

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Alternate spelling of James E. Lovelock.
James Lovelock was born in Letchworth Garden City to Tom Arthur Lovelock (1873–1957) and his second wife Nellie Annie Elizabeth née March (1887–1980). Nell, his mother, won a scholarship to a grammar school but was unable to take it up, and started work at 13 in a pickle factory. His father, Tom, had served six months hard labour for poaching in his teens and was illiterate until attending technical college, and later ran a book shop. Lovelock was brought up a Quaker and indoctrinated with the notion that "God is a still, small voice within rather than some mysterious old gentleman way out in the universe", which he thinks is a helpful way of thinking for inventors, but would eventually end up as bein ...more

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	The Greening of Mars by James Lovelock, Michael Allaby 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaia. Um Novo Olhar Sobre a Vida na Terra 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Gaia: Nuove idee sull'ecologia 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Gaia-Prinzip: Die Biographie unseres Planeten. Mit einer Einführung von Ugo Bardi (Bibliothek der Nachhaltigkeit: Wiederentdeckungen für das Anthropozän) by James Lovelock, Barbara Müller (Translator), Peter Gillhofer (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Lovelock et al. The Earth and I it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Lovelock et al. La Terre et Moi it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The pioneer and would-be spacefarer Elon Musk said he would like to die on Mars, though not on impact. Martian conditions suggest death on impact might be preferable.”
― James Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

tags: death, mars

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“The experience of watching your garden grow gives you some idea of how future AI systems will feel when observing human life.”
― James Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

tags: civilization, gardening, pruning

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“As Newton found long ago, logical thinking does not work with dynamic systems, things that change over the course of time. Quite simply, you cannot explain the working of something alive by cause-and-effect logic. Most of us, especially women, have known this all along.”
― James Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

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