The Sixth Extinction
Subtitle: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780805092998
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index.