Lost for Worlds: Extinct Species Seen with Selfish Eyes

Does it really matter when a species goes extinct?

This book was written out of curiosity. People talk about extinctions of species as something bad and biodiversity as something good, frequently without mentioning any actual consequences for you and me or even for society or the planet. What is “biodiversity” by the way? This book tries to sort out what extinctions actually mean for you and me, and what kinds of biodiversity can be useful.

The book is full of factoids and examples–some of them dry, most of them interesting, and some of them even fun.