The beak of the finch

Description

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 and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould. With a new preface.

First Sentence

Half past seven on Daphne Major.

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Other Editions

• The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our timeJonathan Cape1994-01-01
• The beak of the finchKnopf1994-01-01
• The beak of the finchVintage1995-01-01
• The Beak of the FinchTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media1995-05-01
• Beak of the FinchLibrary BindingTurtleback Books1995-05-01
• The Beak of the FinchPaperbackVintage1995-05-30