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Scientists explain how their unique perspectives have redefined how we see the world

Influential and respected scientists explain how their unique scientific perspectives have redefined how we think about the world around us

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James Lovelock

Paul Bernays

Diana Hill

Anne Laking

Beautiful Minds: Series 1: Episode 2: James Lovelock

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Episode 2: James Lovelock

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How scientist James Lovelock came to see the Earth as a holistic, self-regulating system.

James Lovelock discusses his controversial theory that proposes Earth be seen as a single living organism and the consequences that this could have for its future.

Great minds don't think alike. In fact, offbeat thinking has led to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our age.

In the second of a three-part series uncovering the minds behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our age, James Lovelock explains how his maverick way of thinking led him not only to technical breakthroughs in atmospheric detection systems on Earth and Mars, but also to Gaia - a new way of thinking about the Earth as a holistic, self-regulating system.

He tells of his struggle against the scientific consensus of the day, the ridicule of his peers and his passionate belief that the mainstream scientific establishment stifles intellectual creativity.

Beautiful Minds: Series 1

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Three scientists explain how their work has redefined how we think about the world

Series in which three of Britain's most influential and respected scientists explain how their unique scientific perspectives have redefined how we think about the world around us

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