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The Resource The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
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The item The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around the cataclysm is us. In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. She provides a moving account of the disappearances of various species occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up to Lyell and Darwin, and 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. -- Publisher description
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Contents
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- Author's note
- Prologue
- I: The sixth extinction
- II: The mastodon's molars
- III. The original penguin
- IV. The luck of the ammonites
- V: Welcome to the anthropocene
- VI: The sea around us
- VII: Dropping acid
- VIII: The forest and the trees
- IX: Islands on dry land
- X: The new Pangaea
- XI: The rhino gets an ultrasound
- XII: The madness gene
- XIII: The thing with feathers
- Isbn
- 9781250062185
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history
- Title
- The sixth extinction
- Title remainder
- an unnatural history
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Kolbert
- Subject
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- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Extinct animals
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around the cataclysm is us. In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. She provides a moving account of the disappearances of various species occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up to Lyell and Darwin, and 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. -- Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kolbert, Elizabeth
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QE721.2.E97
- LC item number
- K65 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mass extinctions
- Extinction (Biology)
- Environmental disasters
- Human ecology
- Nature
- Environmental disasters
- Extinction (Biology)
- Human ecology
- Mass extinctions
- Nature
- Environmental disasters
- Extinction (Biology)
- Mass extinctions
- Extinct animals
- Environmental disasters
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue -- I: The sixth extinction -- II: The mastodon's molars -- III. The original penguin -- IV. The luck of the ammonites -- V: Welcome to the anthropocene -- VI: The sea around us -- VII: Dropping acid -- VIII: The forest and the trees -- IX: Islands on dry land -- X: The new Pangaea -- XI: The rhino gets an ultrasound -- XII: The madness gene -- XIII: The thing with feathers
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250062185
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)876349700
- (OCoLC)ocn876349700
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue -- I: The sixth extinction -- II: The mastodon's molars -- III. The original penguin -- IV. The luck of the ammonites -- V: Welcome to the anthropocene -- VI: The sea around us -- VII: Dropping acid -- VIII: The forest and the trees -- IX: Islands on dry land -- X: The new Pangaea -- XI: The rhino gets an ultrasound -- XII: The madness gene -- XIII: The thing with feathers
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250062185
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)876349700
- (OCoLC)ocn876349700
Subject
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Extinct animals
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
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