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Hello, I'm Alison Flood, books editor for New Scientist.
This is a series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from around the world.
We're talking to each of the six writers up for the prize.
I'm one of the judges for the award and I'm here today to speak to Gisli Paulsen about his book, the Last of Its Kind, which is subtitled the the Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction.
We judges said it tackles a huge topic, human induced extinction, from a surprising and intimate perspective, with the case of the great auk becoming a microcosm for what we know today as a tragically widespread plight.
It is, we said, well documented, well written and powerful, bringing together personal accounts and historical records.
And it reframes the topic of extinction in a moving and profoundly sad way by its focus on this one fascinating species.
Kisli, hi and welcome.
Hi.