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James Ephraim Lovelock CH CBE FRS (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
Lovelock is just over one square mile in size, which includes 3 public parks, a skateboard park, a community swimming pool, a hospital, elementary, middle and high schools, a public library, a community center and many other businesses ranging from feed stores to casinos.
Lovelock is the county seat of Pershing County, Nevada, United States, in which it is the only incorporated city. It is the namesake of a nearby medium-security men's prison and a Cold War -era gunnery range.
James Lovelock, English chemist, medical doctor, scientific instrument developer, and author best known for the creation and promulgation of the Gaia hypothesis, an idea rooted in the notion that all life on Earth is part of an entity that regulates Earth’s surficial and atmospheric processes.
Welcome to Lovelock, Nevada, a town steeped in history and brimming with outdoor opportunities. And when we say “outdoor opportunities,” we’re talkin’ everything from ghost towns and river-centric recreation areas to an exotic wildlife sanctuary and one storied cave.
Lovelock is a city in western Nevada that is the county seat of Pershing County, the location of a prison, and the namesake of the area's Cold War gunnery range. Lovelock lies in the Lovelock Valley of the Humboldt River Basin.
A love lock or love padlock is a padlock that couples lock to a bridge, fence, gate, monument, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. [1] . Typically the sweethearts' names or initials, and perhaps the date, are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away (often into a nearby river) to symbolize unbreakable love.
Jim Lovelock (never ‘James’) is remembered as the father of the Gaia hypoth-esis: the idea that Earth is a self-regulating living organism.
The British scientist and inventor who said Earth is a self-regulating system died earlier this summer on his 103rd birthday.
The world has lost a genius and iconoclast of immense intellectual courage. Never afraid to lambast the establishment and challenge convention, Jim Lovelock transformed our view of the world, started the new field of Earth system science, and inspired generations of researchers.