Sadiah Qureshi

From an award-winning historian of race, science and empire, a path-breaking and poignant history of extinction as a scientific idea, an imperial legacy, and a political choice. Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living—over 90 percent of species that ever lived are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025 & BSHS PICKSTONE PRIZE 2026 A GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2025 WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK 2025 'A vital and important book' - David Olusoga From an award-winning historian of race, science and empire, Vanished offers a path-breaking and poignant history of extinction as a scientific idea, an...