________________ WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL
NON-FICTION ________________ 'An invaluable contribution to our
understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift
she calls for is sorely needed' - Al Gore, New York Times
'Compelling ... It is a disquieting tale, related with rigour and
restraint by Kolbert' - Observer 'Passionate ... This is the big
story of our age' - Sunday Times ________________ A major book
about the future of the world, blending natural history, field
reporting and the history of ideas and into a powerful account of
the mass extinction happening today Over the last half a billion
years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth.
Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth,
predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the
asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert
combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the
work of geologists, botanists and marine biologists to tell the
gripping stories of a dozen species - including the Panamanian
golden frog and the Sumatran rhino - some already gone, others at
the point of vanishing. The sixth extinction is likely to be
mankind's most lasting legacy and Elizabeth Kolbert's book urgently
compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to
be human.
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