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'''Gaia''' is the goddess/personification of the [[Earth]] in [[Greek]] [[mythology]]. She bore and then married [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] and gave birth to the race of the [[Titans]]. | '''Gaia''' is the goddess/personification of the [[Earth]] in [[Greek]] [[mythology]]. She bore and then married [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] and gave birth to the race of the [[Titans]]. | ||
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'''Gaia''' in modern usage is the English word defined as a [[hypothesis]] that living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system. The term was chosen because the Greek goddess Gaia is the living earth. | '''Gaia''' in modern usage is the English word defined as a [[hypothesis]] that living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system. The term was chosen because the Greek goddess Gaia is the living earth. | ||
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Revision as of 02:06, July 25, 2007
Gaia is the goddess/personification of the Earth in Greek mythology. She bore and then married Uranus and gave birth to the race of the Titans.
For a more detailed treatment, see Gaia hypothesis.
Gaia in modern usage is the English word defined as a hypothesis that living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system. The term was chosen because the Greek goddess Gaia is the living earth.