This is James LoveLock's - I chose one page that I believe shows
that the man in indeed a serious scientist perfectly able to
understand the theories and facts of weather science. ist had
the knowledge to discuss our climate and the interactions of all
the scientific detail that covers multi levels of science.
Significant scientific contributions Medical Research In 1952 I
developed a quantitative theory of the damage suffered by living
cells when they were frozen and thawed at slow or moderate
rates. My experiments had shown that damage was due to the
concentration of salt and other solutes when ice separated as a
pure substance. Previously it was thought that damage was solely
due to the piercing of cells and tissue by ice crystals. I was
also able to explain the protective action of glycerol and
neutral solutes and predicted successfully that dimethyl
sulphoxide would be an excellent protective agent. Later in
1954, I participated in the team that successfully froze and
thawed whole animals, hamsters. My o