林恩・馬古利斯是當代極具創造性和洞察力的科

學思想傢之一 她與作傢多裏昂・薩根一起。在這裏

呈現給我們一本過去十五年中他們發錶的文章的精選

該文集包括一篇馬古利斯訪問奧本海默的特彆迴憶。

富有爭議性的蓋婭理論。以及共生觀念一個體性問題

和當今指導科學研究的方法等等

林恩・馬古利斯和多裏昂・薩根的閤作是科學傢

和作傢的閤作。這在科學創作中是少有的 傾斜的真

理》被視為是他們的最佳閤作：該書既是對傳統科學

思想的開放性挑戰，又是對我們這個時代最重要觀念

的大膽的。富於爭論性的紹介

Lynn Margulis, and her son, the writer Dorion Sagan, here present a selection from their many essays that have been published. Margulis's proposal that eukaryotic cells (the cells of all multicellular animals and plants) are made up of symbiotic unions of more primitive cells was at first widely derided but is now mainstream science. She has described the previously unrecognized role microbial life plays in the maintenance of all life on earth. And she is, with James Lovelock, one of the founders of Gaia theory. In these essays, one can see how these apparently unrelated interests combine into a single, coherent scientific world-view about the natural tendency of living systems to form complex interactive communities.