The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time Book

On the Galapagos Islands Charles Darwin gave his first hint at his theory of natural selection, writing about the finches he studied there. In Darwin's time there was no proof of this theoretical mechanism for evolution. Indeed it would have been thought absurd to imagine observing it actually happen; the process was thought to take geological time spans. Weiner, an outstanding science journalist, details research done in the last 20 years that proves otherwise. Biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have documented the evolution of Darwin's Galapagos finches, demonstrating that it is neither rare nor slow, but can be watched by the hour. Weiner's superb account reads like a thriller and won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A portrait of scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant describes their work recording evolution as it occurs among the species of Gala+a7pagos finches first described by Darwin. 40,000 first printing. BOMC, History, & Natural Sciences Alt. Tour.

  • 0679400036
  • 9780679400035
  • Jonathan Weiner
  • 1 May 1994
  • Alfred a Knopf
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 332
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