The Sixth Extinction

popular science book by Elizabeth Kolbert
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The Sixth Extinction

Summary

The Sixth Extinction is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Sixth Extinction authored Elizabeth Kolbert[3].
  • The Sixth Extinction's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Sixth Extinction's genre is recorded as popular science[5].
  • The Sixth Extinction's follows is recorded as Field Notes from a Catastrophe[6].
  • The Sixth Extinction's followed by is recorded as Under a White Sky[7].
  • The Sixth Extinction's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Sixth Extinction's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • +2014-02-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Sixth Extinction[10].
  • The Sixth Extinction's publication date is recorded as +2015-08-14T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_qlt8w[12].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Open Library ID is recorded as OL16820830W[13].
  • The Sixth Extinction's main subject is recorded as conservation biology[14].
  • The Sixth Extinction's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/books/review/the-sixth-extinction-by-elizabeth-kolbert.html[15].
  • The Sixth Extinction's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 14417436[16].
  • The Sixth Extinction's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Sixth Extinction'}[17].
  • The Sixth Extinction's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An Unnatural History'}[18].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Babelio work ID is recorded as 756812[19].
  • The Sixth Extinction's OCLC work ID is recorded as 1493506681[20].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 576.84[21].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as QE721[22].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 25095506[23].
  • The Sixth Extinction's Book Marks ID is recorded as the-sixth-extinction-an-unnatural-history[24].

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Works and Contributions

The Sixth Extinction authored Elizabeth Kolbert[3].

Why It Matters

The Sixth Extinction ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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  2. [3] . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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