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发表于2025-05-18
The Sixth Extinction pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes
Over the last half-billion years, there have been Five 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. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Interweaving research in half a dozen disciplines, descriptions of the fascinating species that have already been lost, and the history of extinction as a concept, Kolbert provides a moving and comprehensive account of the disappearances occurring before our very eyes. She 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.
Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She is the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.
敘事風格很贊,有科學傢的理智,也有文人墨客的憂思和哀愁
評分Essential reading
評分Essential reading
評分可以從作品中看到這確實是一位很有實力並且經驗豐富的作傢,文筆生動,理論也很紮實,並且書後麵很清晰列齣瞭各種各樣非常厚實的reference list。(生詞也很多,讀到2/3已經沒有耐心查字典瞭…) 在探討人類、環境和其他生物的關係時也是非常理性和剋製的,不會抨擊自己不認同的觀點,在探討的時候就是單純探討,沒有想要通過作品的影響力去達到私人目的,這是讓我覺得很敬佩的地方。
評分寫的不錯,不是簡單的treehugger的宣傳,很多確鑿的科學數據,卻用散文一樣的語言來講解,於是像小說一樣引人入勝。
伊丽莎白·科尔伯特的普利策奖获奖作品《大灭绝时代》,英文原名是“The Six Extinction”(第六次大灭绝)。这本书和气候变化及环境危机有关,但不是一本专门讲环保的书。它实际上就讲解了这么两件事: 随着地质学和古生物学等学科的发展,人类逐渐认识到地球历史上曾经发生过...
評分[大灭绝时代丨“人类正忙着,锯断自己栖息的那根树枝”] 原创: 南云禾Dagny 云禾的彼得潘 前面的话: 灭绝并不是既古老又遥远的事情,我们正在经历它,或者说,造成它~ 【图片源自《大灭绝时代》插图】 虽然我关于要学游泳的flag立了五年且每年都倒,但我依旧对于“看海”有着...
評分近几个星期以来,一篇发表在《自然》杂志上的地质学论文在英国媒体上引起颇多讨论,两位英国科学家西蒙•路易斯(Simon Lewis)和马克•马斯林(Mark Maslin)用各种数据分析了一个以人类为主宰的地质年代:“人类世”(anthropocene)的起点问题,他们的结论是1610年最符合条件...
評分 評分The Sixth Extinction pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025