Worlds of Natural History

Worlds of Natural History
Author: Helen Anne Curry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 683
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 131651031X

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.

Imagining Extinction

Imagining Extinction
Author: Ursula K. Heise
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2016-08-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 022635816X

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim—the first one caused by humans. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not.