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050			_aQE721.2 .E97K65 2014
100	1		_aKolbert, Elizabeth.
245	1	4	_aThe sixth extinction _h[sound recording] : _ban unnatural history / _cElizabeth Kolbert.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bSimon & Schuster Audio, _cp2014.
300			_a8 sound discs (ca. 10 hr.) : _bdigital ; _c4 3/4 in.
306			_a100000
500			_aUnabridged.
500			_aCompact disc.
511	0		_aRead by Anne Twomey ; with a prologue by the author.
520			_aOver the past half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. In prose that is at once frank, entertaining and deeply informed, Elizabeth Kolbert provides an account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of humanity's understanding of extinction from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through Lyell and Darwin and on to the present day. Kolbert shows that 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.
650		0	_aMass extinctions.
650		0	_aExtinction (Biology)
650		0	_aEnvironmental disasters.
655		7	_aAudiobooks. _2lcgft
700	1		_aTwomey, Anne, _d1951- _4nrt
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014619031-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014619031-b.html
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