An edition of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)

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An Unnatural History

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An edition of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)

The Sixth Extinction

An Unnatural History

1st ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (19 ratings) ·
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  • 20 Currently reading
  • 23 Have read

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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Henry Holt and Company
Language
English
Pages
319

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Extinction (Biology), Mass extinctions, Environmental disasters, SCIENCE / Environmental Science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Massenaussterben, Anthropozän, Life Sciences, Nature, SCIENCE, Environmental Science, Evolution, Effect of human beings on, Extinct animals, Human ecology, Natural disasters, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-03-02, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Ji shi wen xue, Biological Extinction, Extinctions massives, Extinction (Biologie), Catastrophes écologiques, Man-made disasters

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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La 6e extinction: comment l'homme détruit la vie
2015, Guy Saint-Jean éditeur
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
2014, Henry Holt and Company
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index.

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576.8/4
Library of Congress
QE721.2.E97 K65 2014, QE721.2.E97K65 2014

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319 p. :
Number of pages
319

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OL26243635M
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2013028683
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853618709
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From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.

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