EAN: 9781408851241

THE SIXTH EXTINCTION - ELIZABETH KOLBERT KARTON...

________________    WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION  
________________    'An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances 
just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed' - Al Gore  New York Times   
'Compelling ... It is a disquieting tale  related with rigour and restraint by Kolbert' -
Observer    'Passionate ... This is the big story of our age' - Sunday Times   ________________
A major book about the future of the world  blending natural history  field reporting and the
history of ideas and into a powerful account of the mass extinction happening today   Over the
last half a billion years  there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth.  Scientists
around the world are currently monitoring the sixth  predicted to be the most devastating
extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.  Elizabeth Kolbert
combines brilliant field reporting  the history of ideas and the work of geologists  botanists
and marine biologists to tell the gripping stories of a dozen species - including the
Panamanian golden frog and the Sumatran rhino - some already gone  others at the point of
vanishing.  The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy and Elizabeth
Kolbert's book urgently compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be
human.

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