#Bestof2021: 2/2: #Exoplanets: James "Q" Lovelock and the search for astrobiology evidence. Oliver Morton, Economist .(Originally posted September 22, 2021)
Sep 16, 2023, 01:05 AM
#Bestof2021: 2/2: #Exoplanets: James "Q" Lovelock and the search for astrobiology evidence. Oliver Morton, Economist .(Originally posted September 22, 2021)
https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2021/09/04/finding-living-planets
"The idea that Earth is in some way alive, or can be treated as if it were, is common to many mythologies and sensibilities, and has been a theme in science for centuries. Its modern form, though, dates from the 1960s and the insights of James Lovelock, a British scientist then working at JPL, a laboratory in California that is responsible for most of America’s planetary science."
1906 War of the Worlds
https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2021/09/04/finding-living-planets
"The idea that Earth is in some way alive, or can be treated as if it were, is common to many mythologies and sensibilities, and has been a theme in science for centuries. Its modern form, though, dates from the 1960s and the insights of James Lovelock, a British scientist then working at JPL, a laboratory in California that is responsible for most of America’s planetary science."
1906 War of the Worlds