Vanished: An Unnatural History Of Extinction Sadiah Qureshi Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Environmental

\ A Vital And Important Book\ David Olusoga From An Award-Winning Historian Of Race Science Empire Path-Breaking Poignant History Extinction As Scientific Idea Imperial Legacy Political Choiceanyone Alive Today Is Among Tiny Fraction The Once Living: Over 90% Species That Ever Existed Are Now Extinct How Did We Come To Think Ourselves Survivors In World Where Can Vanish Forever Or Capable Pushing Our Planet Verge Sixth Mass Extinction? Sadiah Qureshi Shows Us Surprisingly Modern Concept – Phenomenon That’s Not Natural Might Europe Until Late Eighteenth Century Were Considered Perfect Unchanging Creations God Then Age Revolutions Scientists Gathered Enough Fossil Evidence Determine Mammoth Bones For Example Just Large Elephants But Lost Roamed Earth Alongside Ancient Humans Went Being Regarded Theologically Dangerous Pervasive Even Inevitable Yet Vanished More Than It’s Choice Has Led Devasting Consequences Europeans Americans Quickly Used Notion Was Process Justify Persecution Genocide Predicting Nations Newfoundland’s Beothuk Aboriginal Australians Doomed Die Out Expansion Exploring Tangled Unnatural Histories Weaves Together Pioneering Original Research Breath-Taking Storytelling Show Both Evolutionary Human Act: One Which Illuminates Past May Alter Future Σελίδες: 496 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1028 Διαστάσεις: 16 3X16 3Cm