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

Weiner, Jonathan

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ISBN 10: 0679400036 ISBN 13: 9780679400035

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994

Riassunto

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.

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Jonathan Weiner, formerly a writer and editor for <b>The Sciences</b>, is the author of <b>Planet Earth</b> and <b>The Next One Hundred Years</b>.  He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and their two sons.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

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of the Pulitzer Prize</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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. <b>The Beak of the Finch</b> is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679400036
• ISBN 13: 9780679400035
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile