Interconnectedness of Life

The book, Interconnectedness of Life is about a scientific research in the British soil which revealed that the soil organisms exist in an interdependent manner. In the grassland soil ecosystem are the natural enemies which control the population of the other organisms, including oribatid mites, ensuring that the population does not grow above the required level in the system. Application of some pesticides remarkably reduced the population of the natural enemies and had little or no effect on the oribatid mites, making it possible for the population of the oribatid mites to grow above the usual level. Because the oribatid mites maintain the soil fertility, the end result was an increase in grass yield. In the book are the research data and the graphic representation of the data. The graphs show a correlation of the population of the oribatid mites with the grass yield. In addition to revealing the ecological roles of the oribatid mites, the research unveiled how all life is interconnected. It also revealed the validity of the Gaia Theory, and the concept which has been held by man in his religion for thousands of years. The concept is that no life exists in isolation, independent of the others; and that a change in one lifeform cannot be fully understood without considering the simultaneous changes in the others. This concept is held by the Buddhists. The agreement of the research finding with the religious concept validates Albert Einstein's information: "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind". This fact inspired the author of this book to write the novel: 'Man at Nature's Pinnacle'. The novel is about the importance and significance of man's interrelationships with animals and plants, as demonstrated in ancient Europe. The novel is set in the prehistoric age in Europe, a time when man was very close to nature; when his religion guided him to revere and conserve nature.