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    Novozän: Das kommende Zeitalter der Hyperintelligenz
    James Lovelock, der Schöpfer der Gaia-Hypothese und berühmteste Ökodenker unserer Zeit, ist im vergangenen Juli 100 Jahre alt geworden - und hat ein neues Buch mit einer spektakulären These veröffentlicht. Darin prophezeit er gelassen das Ende des Anthropozäns und den Anbruch einer neuen Zeit: Mit unserer Gegenwart hat das 'Novozän' begonnen, das Zeitalter der Hyperintelligenz.Schon sehr bald wird aus der künstlichen Intelligenz eine neue Art von Lebewesen hervorgehen: Cyborgs, die 10000 mal schneller sein werden als wir. Unsere Lebensform wird ihnen ähnlich entwickelt erscheinen wie uns die Pflanzenwelt. Doch diese Intelligenz wird vermutlich nicht von jener grausamen Art sein, die wir aus den Science-Fiction-Spektakeln aus Hollywood kennen. Denn auch sie wird von dem Überleben unseres Planeten abhängen und sich der großen Klimakatastrophe stellen müssen, die auf uns zurollt. Cyborgs könnten in Wahrheit unsere letzte Rettung sein. Doch das ist längst nicht alles: Der große ökologische Visionär Lovelock hat mit 100 Jahren einen Blick in unsere Zukunft geworfen und ein weises und höchst originelles Buch geschrieben, in dem es keinen einzigen langweiligen Satz gibt.James Lovelock ist Naturwissenschaftler, Erfinder mit mehr als 50 Patenten und Autor von mehr als 200 Aufsätzen zu Medizin, Biologie und Geophysiologie. Er ist Mitglied der Royal Society und Träger zahlreicher Umweltpreise, darunter der japanische Blue Planet Prize und der Amsterdam Prize for the Environment der Königlich-Niederländischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Zwei seiner Erfindungen stehen auf dem Mars. Der Asteroid 51663 ist nach ihm benannt. Mit der Gaia-Theorie hat er das ökologische Weltbild revolutioniert. Im vergangenen Juli wurde er 100 Jahre alt. Lovelock lebt mit seiner Frau Sandy in Südengland.
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    Novozän
    James Lovelock, der einflussreichste Ökodenker unserer Zeit, hat mit 100 Jahren eine staunenswerte Theorie über das zukünftige Leben auf dem Planeten Erde vorgelegt. Er begründet darin, warum wir an der Schwelle eines ganz neuen Zeitalters stehen. Vor uns liegt das Novozän: das Zeitalter der Hyperintelligenz.Schon sehr bald wird aus der künstlichen Intelligenz eine neue Art von Lebewesen hervorgehen: Cyborgs, die 10 000 mal schneller sein werden als wir. Unsere Lebensform wird ihnen ähnlich entwickelt erscheinen wie uns die Pflanzenwelt. Doch diese Intelligenz wird vermutlich nicht von jener grausamen Art sein, die wir aus den Science-Fiction-Spektakeln aus Hollywood kennen. Denn auch sie wird von dem Überleben unseres Planeten abhängen und sich der großen Klimakatastrophe stellen müssen, die auf uns zurollt. Cyborgs könnten in Wahrheit unsere letzte Rettung sein. Doch das ist längst nicht alles: Der große ökologische Visionär James Lovelock hat mit 100 Jahren einen Blickin unsere Zukunft geworfen und ein weises und höchst originelles Buch geschrieben, in dem es keinen einzigen langweiligen Satz gibt.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: What is Life?, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, we hear from Craig Venter, widely regarded as one of science's leading innovators. Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him. Next, University of Wisconsin geochemist Nita Sahai talks with Anne Strainchamps about how life might have begun on Earth.Then, on the other hand, maybe the Earth itself is alive. That’s the remarkable idea behind the Gaia hypothesis. James Lovelock came up with it in the 1960s and at first no one would take him seriously. Lovelock, now in his nineties and one of our most celebrated scientists, tells Steve Paulson where the Gaia theory came from and how it’s evolved.After that, Kevin Kelly is one of the founders of Wired magazine. He’s also the author of a provocative book called What Technology Wants. Kelly tells Jim Fleming that the sum total of our technology - what he calls “the technicum” - is taking on the properties of life itself.Following that, anthropologist Tom Boellstorff takes us on a tour through the virtual world of Second Life.Finally, astro-biologist Paul Davies chairs the SETI Post-Detection Task Group and is the author of The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence. He tells Steve Paulson that alien intelligence might be stranger than anything Hollywood has dreamt up. [Broadcast Date: August 5, 2011] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/110805/rt_tbon_110805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Challenge Climate Change, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, says it's time to get pragmatic about managing climate change. He tells Anne Strainchamps why he no longer opposes nuclear power and they discuss other aspects of his new philosophy. His new book is Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.Next, many in the environmental movement disagree with Brand. Paxus Calta is one. He's been an anti-nuclear activist for over 30 years. He gives his reasons for his position. Calta is Chair of the board of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an umbrella organization of some 300 grass-roots organizations.Then, James Lovelock created the Gaia Theory. His latest book is The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning. Lovelock tells Steve Paulson that our planet is a self-regulating system that will carry on without people and that it is too late to reverse global warming. Humanity will just have to live with the consequences, if it can. After that, novelist Margaret Atwood talks about her latest book, The Year of the Flood, with Steve Paulson. The book posits a new religion formed after most life on Earth has been obliterated.And finally, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men. They pose as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities to pull off pranks as political action. A collection of these actions comprise the documentary film The Yes Men Fix the World. Jim Fleming talks with Andy Bichlbaum and we hear excerpts from the film. [Broadcast Date: September 22, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/100922/rt_tbon_100922_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Planet Earth: Bolinda Beginner Guides , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 345min
    A highly entertaining and accessible introduction to our planet from the best-selling author of Schrödinger's Cat, The Scientists, and In Search of the Multiverse. In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our home planet, John Gribbin does what he does best: takes four and a half billion years of mind-boggling science and digs out the best bits. From the physics of Newton and the geology of Wegener, to the environmentalism of Lovelock, this is a must-listen for Earth's scientists and residents alike. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Powell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001253/bk_boli_001253_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Earth Keeper's Challenge: The Earth Keeper Trilogy, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min
    The Earth Keeper's Challenge is book two of The Earth Keeper Trilogy. It continues the story of Nimue and her fellow Earth Keepers, The Earth Keepers have a unique ability to converse with animals and plants of nature. Join them as they fight against Miss Pharma to heal the planet. It is a magical fantasy adventure sure to delight listeners of all ages. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tara Langella, Lucas Webley, Elsie Lovelock, Sara Secora, Maria Langella Sorgie, Ashlei Hayes, Harriet Gaddy, Daniel Azarian, Audio Production: Michael Kinsey, Music Production: Neon Dolphin, Composer: Crista Orefice. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213306/bk_acx0_213306_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Channeling Creativity, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, celebrated cartoonist and novelist Lynda Barry talks with Steve Paulson about her latest book. Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, What It is reflects Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell. Next, James Othmer was the creative director of advertising behemoth Young & Rubicam. He tells tales of that life in his book, Adland. Othmer tells Jim Fleming about the ad he created using veterans on the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and we hear it.Then, it was the best of times for Pattie Boyd. Her modeling career was booming and the sixties were exploding on the London scene. One day she got a call - she'd been cast in a Beatles film. The rest is history: she married George Harrison. Eric Clapton courted her while she was still married to Harrison, and both of them wrote songs for her. We meet the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time, from George Harrison's "Something" to Eric Clapton's "Layla." She's just published her story, called Wonderful Tonight and tells Steve Paulson about it.After that, James Lovelock created the Gaia Theory. His latest book is The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning. Lovelock tells Steve Paulson that our planet is a self-regulating system that will carry on without people and that it is too late to reverse global warming. Humanity will just have to live with the consequences, if it can. And finally, Geoffrey Colvin is the author of Talent is Overrated and Fortune Magazine's Senior Editor at large. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about genius and says great performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing to put in the right kind of practice. [Broadcast Date: September 24, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/100924/rt_tbon_100924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ancient Aliens and the Age of Giants: Through the Wormhole , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 489min
    Analyze thousands of years of giant skeletons from seven to 15 feet tall, along with DNA evidence, genetic mutations, newspaper articles, archeological notes, and excerpts from the Smithsonian Institution's own records. Meet a living tribe of 19th century Stone Age giants. A leading anthropologist compared their bones to Cro-Magnon skeletons. Do they represent the original humans prior to the arrival of extraterrestrial giants, or the biblical Nephilim? Explore the advanced technology of the extraterrestrial giants: two-way radios, aircraft, self-propelled boats, wormholes, military vehicles, and aerial weapons that blasted Earth. Historical accounts, first-person encounters, plus legends and mythology tell us who they were, where they came from, how they interacted with humans, and left us with predictions of their return. There is a systematic attack on the evidence, however, that keeps giants mired in disbelief and ridicule. Documents are being rewritten one word at a time to give us an altered history that completely erases extraterrestrial giants, except in the realm of fairytales and fantasy. Dissect several alleged hoaxes and questionable discoveries for an in-depth look at how debunkers twist the facts: How does Area 51 and several missing witnesses fit into one of the biggest hoaxes in giant history? Were giant mummies used as a diversion for the Roswell UFO crash? Take an expanded look at the mummified, red-haired Lovelock giant found in Lovelock Cave, Nevada, and see how debunkers twisted the facts. Revisit the Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, and see how the Navajo translation was summarily dismissed by casting a shadow of doubt on the credentials of the translator - a translator whose credentials are impeccable. What happened to King Solomon's Cave in Montana? What turned this cave of giants into a giant hoax?? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter L. Delloro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030521/bk_acx0_030521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    He Knew He Was Right
    He Knew He Was Right ab 9.49 € als epub eBook: The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Biographien & Autobiographien,
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Science and the Search for Meaning – Part One: What Is Life?, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, we explore some of the fundamental mysteries of life - from how it first started on Earth to the possibility of supremely intelligent life on other planets and why technology is evolving like life itself. We begin with a rare recording of Nobel Prize winning physicist Edwin Schrodinger and comments on his book What Is Life? from Nobel Prize winning biologists James Watson and Harold Varmus. Next, we hear from Ken Miller, co-author of the most widely used biology textbook in American high schools, and Craig Venter, widely regarded as one of science's leading innovators. Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him. And we hear from some ordinary people about what they think life is. Then, University of Wisconsin geochemist Nita Sahai talks with Anne Strainchamps about how life might have begun on Earth. On the other hand, maybe the Earth itself is alive. That's the remarkable idea behind the Gaia hypothesis. James Lovelock came up with it in the 1960s and at first no one would take him seriously. Lovelock, now in his nineties and one of our most celebrated scientists, tells Steve Paulson where the Gaia theory came from and how it's evolved. After that, Kevin Kelly is one of the founders of Wired magazine. He's also the author of a provocative book called What Technology Wants. Kelly tells Jim Fleming that the sum total of our technology - what he calls "the technicum" - is taking on the properties of life itself. And finally, anthropologist Tom Boellstorff takes us on a tour through the virtual world of Second Life. Astro-biologist Paul Davies chairs the SETI Post-Detection Task Group and is the author of The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence. He tells Steve Paulson that alien intelligence might be stranger than anything Hollywood has dreamt up. [Broadcast Date: November 24, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/101124/rt_tbon_101124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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