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

Jonathan Weiner - The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
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Authors: Jonathan Weiner
Nonfiction Category: Nature · Science
Awards: 1995 Pulitzer Prize
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: "Brilliant...one of those rare books that permanently alter one's view of nature and even life and death."
Book Editions
: Format: Paperback, 332
Publisher: Vintage Books (June 01, 1995)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.7 lbs.
ISBN: 9780679733379
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Details: On a remote outpost of the Galapagos, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent 20 years measuring the beaks of generations of finches--to prove that Darwin did not know the strength of this own theory. "Spark(s) not just the intellect, but the imagination".--Washington Post Book World. 50 illustrations. Map.
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