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The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / Elizabeth Kolbert

By:

Kolbert, Elizabeth

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Henry Holt and Co. , 2014Description: 319 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780805092998

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DDC classification:

576.84 KOL

LOC classification:

QE721.2.E97 K65 2014

Contents:

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, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	576.84 KOL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067623

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index

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.

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, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.

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