The Beak of the Finch

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

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Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeOn 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 and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.With a new preface.
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Schrijver
Weiner, Jonathan
Titel
The Beak of the Finch
Uitgever
Random House
Jaar
1995
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
354
Gewicht
318 gr
EAN
9780679733379
Afmetingen
203 x 127 x 19 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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