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单词 Gaia hypothesis
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Definition of Gaia hypothesis in English:

Gaia hypothesis

noun
  • The theory, put forward by James Lovelock, that living matter on the earth collectively defines and regulates the material conditions necessary for the continuance of life. The planet, or rather the biosphere, is thus likened to a vast self-regulating organism.

    盖亚假说(詹姆斯·洛夫洛克提出的理论,认为地球上的生物共同限定并调控生命延续所需的物质条件;地球,更确切地说生物圈,因此被比作巨大的能自行调控的有机体)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His most famous idea is the Gaia hypothesis, which holds that living organisms and non-life together form a coupled system in which life creates conditions that favour it.
    • Some very smart people handle it by accepting the nearly mystical Gaia hypothesis that Earth is best thought of as a single organism that ‘lives’ in the environment of our solar system.
    • The Gaia hypothesis is the backdrop to Gray's apparently relentless pessimism about the fate of humankind.
    • What follows is a tour of the Gaia hypothesis.
    • The apparent indispensability of certain gases that are peculiar to Earth led protagonists of the Gaia hypothesis to ask: ‘What purpose does constituent X serve in the atmosphere?’
    • This outlook is rooted in the Gaia hypothesis - that the world is best seen as a single organism, of which we are just part.
    • The Gaia hypothesis states that the temperature and composition of the Earth's surface are actively controlled by life on the planet.
    • Dr Lynn Margulis, who developed the Gaia hypothesis with James Lovelock and who is probably the premier biologist in the world, came up with the endosymbiotic theory of evolution.
    • The anthropomorphic dimension of the Gaia hypothesis proposes empathy as a way of knowing - and caring…
    • James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia hypothesis, which regards the earth as a single, living organism, has started flatly that ‘nuclear power is the only green solution’.
    • The Gaia hypothesis draws on this concept but incorporates modern scientific disciplines such as microbiology, geology, and atmospheric chemistry.
    • It explains how to understand power laws, the Gaia hypothesis, and ‘self-organized criticality’ without devolving into reification, teleological argument, appeals to the mystical, or other intellectual shortcuts.
    • Well, the Gaia hypothesis is perhaps a nice model for encapsulating all of those very complex feedback processes that the biological modellers and the oceanographic modellers like to think about.
    • James Lovelock, arch-environmentalist and author of the Gaia hypothesis, says that nuclear power is the only green solution to the problem of global warming.
    • Most evolutionary biologists reject the Gaia hypothesis as an unscientific, although poetic, metaphor.
    • The Gaia hypothesis could be expanded and enriched by an awareness of the Logos.
    • The Gaia hypothesis has both scientific and philosophical components.
    • I do not suggest that we all, or even some of us, subscribe to a belief in the Gaia hypothesis (about whose ramifications I am indeed quite ignorant).
    • Two years later I started collaborating with the American biologist Lynn Margulis on what we called the Gaia hypothesis.
    • While I admire the selfless and caring aspects of the Gaia hypothesis I am concerned about some of its larger implications.

Definition of Gaia hypothesis in US English:

Gaia hypothesis

noun
  • The theory, put forward by James Lovelock, that living matter on the earth collectively defines and regulates the material conditions necessary for the continuance of life. The planet, or rather the biosphere, is thus likened to a vast self-regulating organism.

    盖亚假说(詹姆斯·洛夫洛克提出的理论,认为地球上的生物共同限定并调控生命延续所需的物质条件;地球,更确切地说生物圈,因此被比作巨大的能自行调控的有机体)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some very smart people handle it by accepting the nearly mystical Gaia hypothesis that Earth is best thought of as a single organism that ‘lives’ in the environment of our solar system.
    • What follows is a tour of the Gaia hypothesis.
    • James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia hypothesis, which regards the earth as a single, living organism, has started flatly that ‘nuclear power is the only green solution’.
    • The anthropomorphic dimension of the Gaia hypothesis proposes empathy as a way of knowing - and caring…
    • The Gaia hypothesis has both scientific and philosophical components.
    • The Gaia hypothesis states that the temperature and composition of the Earth's surface are actively controlled by life on the planet.
    • It explains how to understand power laws, the Gaia hypothesis, and ‘self-organized criticality’ without devolving into reification, teleological argument, appeals to the mystical, or other intellectual shortcuts.
    • The Gaia hypothesis is the backdrop to Gray's apparently relentless pessimism about the fate of humankind.
    • While I admire the selfless and caring aspects of the Gaia hypothesis I am concerned about some of its larger implications.
    • Well, the Gaia hypothesis is perhaps a nice model for encapsulating all of those very complex feedback processes that the biological modellers and the oceanographic modellers like to think about.
    • His most famous idea is the Gaia hypothesis, which holds that living organisms and non-life together form a coupled system in which life creates conditions that favour it.
    • The Gaia hypothesis could be expanded and enriched by an awareness of the Logos.
    • This outlook is rooted in the Gaia hypothesis - that the world is best seen as a single organism, of which we are just part.
    • I do not suggest that we all, or even some of us, subscribe to a belief in the Gaia hypothesis (about whose ramifications I am indeed quite ignorant).
    • Two years later I started collaborating with the American biologist Lynn Margulis on what we called the Gaia hypothesis.
    • James Lovelock, arch-environmentalist and author of the Gaia hypothesis, says that nuclear power is the only green solution to the problem of global warming.
    • Most evolutionary biologists reject the Gaia hypothesis as an unscientific, although poetic, metaphor.
    • The apparent indispensability of certain gases that are peculiar to Earth led protagonists of the Gaia hypothesis to ask: ‘What purpose does constituent X serve in the atmosphere?’
    • Dr Lynn Margulis, who developed the Gaia hypothesis with James Lovelock and who is probably the premier biologist in the world, came up with the endosymbiotic theory of evolution.
    • The Gaia hypothesis draws on this concept but incorporates modern scientific disciplines such as microbiology, geology, and atmospheric chemistry.
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