Sixth Extinction, The Av Elizabeth Kolbert

<p><b>________________</b><br><br><b>WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION</b><br><b>________________</b><br><br><b>''An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed'' </b>- Al Gore, <i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>''Compelling ... It is a disquieting tale, related with rigour and restraint by Kolbert'' </b><i>- Observer</i><br><br><b>''Passionate ... This is the big story of our age''</b><i> - Sunday Times</i><br><b>________________</b><br><br><b>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</b><br><br>Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p>