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- catalog abstract "Following in Darwin's footsteps in the Galapagos were Peter and Rosemary Grant, who studied the features of the beaks of various species of finches and confirmed Darwin's theory of natural selection. 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.".
- catalog contributor b6183640.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Daphne major -- What Darwin saw -- Infinite variety -- Darwin's beaks -- A special providence -- Darwin's forces -- Twenty-five thousand Darwins -- Princeton -- Creation by variation -- The ever-turning sword -- Invisible coasts -- Cosmic partings -- Fusion or fission? -- New beings -- Invisible characters -- The gigantic experiment -- The stranger's power -- The resistance movement -- A partner in the process -- The metaphysical crossbeak.".
- catalog description "Following in Darwin's footsteps in the Galapagos were Peter and Rosemary Grant, who studied the features of the beaks of various species of finches and confirmed Darwin's theory of natural selection. 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-321) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 332 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0679400036 :".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog spatial "Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "598.8/830438 20".
- catalog subject "Finches Evolution Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "Finches Evolution Research Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "Grant, B. Rosemary.".
- catalog subject "Grant, Peter R., 1936-".
- catalog subject "QL696.P246 W45 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "Daphne major -- What Darwin saw -- Infinite variety -- Darwin's beaks -- A special providence -- Darwin's forces -- Twenty-five thousand Darwins -- Princeton -- Creation by variation -- The ever-turning sword -- Invisible coasts -- Cosmic partings -- Fusion or fission? -- New beings -- Invisible characters -- The gigantic experiment -- The stranger's power -- The resistance movement -- A partner in the process -- The metaphysical crossbeak.".
- catalog title "The beak of the finch : a story of evolution in our time / Jonathan Weiner.".
- catalog type "text".