James Lovelock
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James Ephraim Lovelock 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-regu
Lovelock in 2005
Electron capture detector developed by Lovelock in the Science Museum, London
The study of planetary habitability is partly based upon extrapolation from knowledge of the Earth's conditions, as the Earth is the only planet currently known to harbour life (The Blue Marble, 1972 Apollo 17 photograph).
Lovelock in 2005
Mary Midgley
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Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Bea
Midgley in 2002
Midgley's father was a King's College chaplain.
Midgley studied Greats at Oxford, going up to Somerville in 1938.