The beak of the finch
a story of evolution in our time
විසින් Jonathan Weiner
- මෙම සංස්කරණයේ ප්රකාශන වසර: 1994
- පළමු ප්රකාශනයේ වසර: 1994
- ප්රකාශන වර්ගය: පොත
- භාෂාව: English
- ISBN-13: 9780679400035
- පුස්තකාලය: Pusthakalaya · Washington, D. C.
- පිවිසුම් අංකය: 1996-05-27-01
- ඇමතුම් අංකය: QL696.P246 W45 1994
- ඩිවුයී (DDC): 598.8830438
- ප්රකාශක: Knopf
- ප්රකාශන ස්ථානය: New York
- මිලදීගත් දිනය: 1996-05-27
- මුල් මිල: 25.00 USD
- මූලපද: Grant, Peter R., 1936-, Grant, B. Rosemary, Finches -- Galapagos Islands -- Evolution, Finches -- Evolution -- Research -- Galapagos Islands
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.
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.