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Earth, Life, and System series editors Bruce Clarke and Henry Sussman Editorial Board Victoria N. Alexander, Dactyl Foundation for the Arts and Humanities Erich Hörl, Leuphana University at Lüneberg John H. Johnston, Emory University Hans-Georg Moeller, Philosophy and Religious Studies Program, University of Macau, China John Protevi, Louisiana State University Samuel Weber, Northwestern University E art h , L i f e , a n d S y st e m Evolution and Ecol ogy on a Gaian Planet edited by bruce clarke Fordham University Press : New York 2015 Copyright © 2015 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—e xcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the per sis tence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Visit us online at www.fordhampress.com. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Earth, life, and system : evolution and ecol ogy on a Gaian planet / edited by Bruce Clarke. pages cm. — (Meaning systems) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-6524-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8232-6525-1 (pbk.) 1. Convergence (Biology) 2. Gaia hypothesis. 3. Biodiversity. 4. Evolution (Biology)— Philosophy. I. Clarke, Bruce, 1950– editor. QH373.E27 2015 570.1— dc23 2014030497 Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 5 4 3 2 1 First edition For Lynn Contents List of Plates and Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Ac know ledg ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Introduction: Earth, Life, and System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bruce Clarke 1. Life on a Margulisian Planet: A Son’s Philosophical Refl ections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Dorion Sagan 2. The RNA/Protein World and the Endoprebiotic Origin of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Sankar Chatterjee 3. Exobiology at NASA: Incubator for the Gaia and Serial Endosymbiosis Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 James Strick 4. On Symbiosis, Microbes, Kingdoms, and Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Jan Sapp 5. The World Egg and the Ouroboros: Two Models for Theoretical Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Susan Squier 6. The Planetary Imaginary: Gaian Ecologies from Dune to Neuromancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 Bruce Clarke

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