Description
| Product ID: | 9780099468714 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Beak Of The Finch |
| Authors: | Author: Jonathan Weiner |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Science: general issues, Science: general issues, Evolution, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Evolution, Birds (ornithology), Pacific Ocean |
| Description: | This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage - and its heroes are an unsung British couple. . . . This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage - and its heroes are an unsung British couple. It is uncannily fascinating to imagine the beak of the finch changing in our lifetime in response to evolutionary pressure. . . . |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-07-06 |
