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Kolbert, Elizabeth.
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Mass extinctions.
Extinction (Biology)
Environmental disasters.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.
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Kolbert, Elizabeth.
Mass extinctions.
Extinction (Biology)
Environmental disasters.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.
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The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / Elizabeth Kolbert.
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Kolbert, Elizabeth.
Henry Holt and Co., 2014.
Call #:
576
.84
K81s
Subjects
Mass extinctions.
Extinction (Biology)
Environmental disasters.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.
ISBN:
9780805092998 (hc.)
0805092994 (hc.)
Alternate title:
6th extinction : an unnatural history
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
319 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-304) and index.
Contents:
The sixth extinction -- The mastodon's molars -- The original penguin -- The luck of the ammonites -- Welcome to the Anthropocene -- The sea around us -- Dropping acid -- The forest and the trees -- Islands on dry land -- The new Pangaea -- The rhino gets an ultrasound -- The madness gene -- The thing with feathers.
Summary:
Provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; ... it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human. -- Provided by publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, 2015.
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