{"product_id":"9781466879324","title":"Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2015 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In \u003ci\u003eResurrection Science\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and genetic management to de-extinction. Paradoxically, the more we intervene to save species, the less wild they often become. In stories of sixteenth-century galleon excavations, panther-tracking in Florida swamps, ancient African rainforests, Neanderthal tool-making, and cryogenic DNA banks, O'Connor investigates the philosophical questions of an age in which we \"play god\" with earth's biodiversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter in this beautifully written book focuses on a unique species--from the charismatic northern white rhinoceros to the infamous passenger pigeon--and the people entwined in the animals' fates.  Incorporating natural history and evolutionary biology with conversations with eminent ethicists, O'Connor's narrative goes to the heart of the human enterprise: What should we preserve of wilderness as we hurtle toward a future in which technology is present in nearly every aspect of our lives? How can we co-exist with species when our existence and their survival appear to be pitted against one another?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170737275120,"sku":"9781466879324","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466879324_p0.jpg?v=1769892003","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466879324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}