Library Catalog

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / Elizabeth Kolbert.

By: Kolbert, Elizabeth.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-304) and index.Description: 319 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780805092998 (hardback) :; 0805092994 (hardback); 9781250062185 (pbk).Subject(s): Mass extinctions | Extinction (Biology) | Environmental disastersDDC classification: 576.8/4
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, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Fiction notes: Click to open in new window
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 576.84 K831 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003490125

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha