Main Title |
The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / |
Author |
Kolbert, Elizabeth.
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Publisher |
Henry Holt and Company, |
Year Published |
2014 |
OCLC Number |
853618709 |
ISBN |
9780805092998; 0805092994; 0805099794; 9780805099799; 1408851237; 9781408851234; 1408851229; 9781408851227; 1408851210; 9781408851210; 1408857111; 9781408857113; 1250062187; 9781250062185 |
Subjects |
Mass extinctions ;
Extinction (Biology) ;
Environmental disasters ;
Extinction, Biological ;
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena ;
man-made disasters ;
SCIENCE--Environmental Science ;
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution ;
Extinci on (Biolog ia) ;
Cat astrofes ;
Massenaussterben ;
Anthropoz an ;
Nature--Effect of human beings on ;
Human ecology ;
Environmental sciences ;
Esp eces (biologie)--Extinction ;
Catastrophes naturelles ;
Utd oende (biologi) ;
Milj okatastrofer ;
Anthropozñ ;
Espèces (biologie)--Extinction ;
Utdèoende (biologi) ;
Miljèokatastrofer ;
Anthropozän ;
Anthropozèan
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 c.1 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
09/16/2019 |
EIAM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 c. 2 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
09/16/2019 |
EJAM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
12/22/2014 |
STATUS |
ELBM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/17/2024 |
EOAM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
09/22/2014 |
ESAM |
QE721.2.E97K65 2014 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
08/20/2014 |
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Edition |
First edition. |
Collation |
319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. |
Contents Notes |
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. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
2014 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
RDA |
LCCN |
2013028683 |
Merged OCLC records |
844728190; 869804976; 870889548; 872621051; 880954322; 905353656; 929405510; 936050820; 1201940386 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20240110213020 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
05980cam 2201201 i 45010 |