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One of the most lucid and comprehensive reviews available of the controversial emerging field of de-extinction, offering a wonderful balance of fact, interview, analysis, and opinion. I will be dipping into this book again and again. --Philip Seddon, Co-author of the IUCN De-extinction Guidelines and Professor of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand-- (04/01/2017) Wray does a tremendous job of navigating the technicalities and controversies. The result is a triumph of clear thinking as gripping as any blockbuster. --BBC Wildlife Magazine-- (10/01/2017) De-extinction is so hot a topic it sizzles. Science writer Britt Wray braves the heat for a neat overview of the science and its ethical and environmental implications. --Nature-- (10/01/2017) Rise of the Necrofauna is a captivating whirlwind tour through the birth and early life of the scientific idea known as de-extinction. A combination of informative storytelling and personal journey, the book explores the principles of ethics and morality that guide both the proponents and critics of the idea, deciding in the end that both sides are probably right. --Beth Shapiro, author of How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction-- (05/01/2017)

One of the most lucid and comprehensive reviews available of the controversial emerging field of de-extinction, offering a wonderful balance of fact, interview, analysis, and opinion. I will be dipping into this book again and again. --Philip Seddon, Co-author of the IUCN De-extinction Guidelines and Professor of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand-- (04/01/2017) Wray does a tremendous job of navigating the technicalities and controversies. The result is a triumph of clear thinking as gripping as any blockbuster. --BBC Wildlife Magazine-- (10/01/2017) Rise of the Necrofauna is a captivating whirlwind tour through the birth and early life of the scientific idea known as de-extinction. A combination of informative storytelling and personal journey, the book explores the principles of ethics and morality that guide both the proponents and critics of the idea, deciding in the end that both sides are probably right. --Beth Shapiro, author of How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction-- (05/01/2017) De-extinction is so hot a topic it sizzles. Science writer Britt Wray braves the heat for a neat overview of the science and its ethical and environmental implications. --Nature-- (10/01/2017)

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Britt Wray, PhD is an award-winning author and Stanford researcher working at the intersection of climate change and mental health. She is the author of two books, the nationally bestselling Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis, and Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction, which the New Yorker called a ""best book of 2017"". She is the Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, a research and action initiative focused on community-minded interventions for resilience, climate leadership and emotional wellbeing in the Stanford School of Medicine, and is the founder of the Gen Dread newsletter. Britt has given talks at TED and the World Economic Forum, and her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Guardian, among other publications.

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