Description: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that sparks] not just the intellect, but the imagination (Washington Post Book World).
“Admirable and much-needed.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”—The New York Times Book Review
On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch.
In this remarkable story, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Beak of the Finch : a Story of Evolution in Our Time (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Experiments & Projects, Life Sciences / Evolution, South America / Ecuador & Galapagos Islands, Animals / Birds
Publication Year: 1995
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Travel, Science
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Jonathan Weiner
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
