Beak of the Finch A Story of Evolution in Our Time (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Name: Beak of the Finch A Story of Evolution in Our Time (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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ISBN: 9780679733379

ISBN-10: 067973337X

ISBN-13: 9780679733379

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Authors: Jonathan Weiner

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 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 dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, 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…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/30/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.97" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Jonathan Weiner is an artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he lives in New York City.