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Sealed. New without any flaws. Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. Jonathan Weiner "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" Leather Bound Collector's Edition. The Library of Science Classics. Sealed without any flaws. Full genuine leather with 22kt gold accents. Jonathan Weiner's most famous book was published in 1994 and entitled The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. The book is about two scientists' account of 21 years in the Galapagos Islands, where they were able to define evolution as an on-going process that alters wild populations by natural selection. This book received the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science. Many critics view it as "the perfect sequel to Origin of Species." 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. Features Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities: * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations About the author A natural storyteller and an intrepid reporter with a gift for making cutting-edge science understandable, Jonathan Weiner is one of the most distinguished popular-science writers in the country: his books have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Scientific American. He is the author of Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality; The Beak of the Finch; Time, Love, Memory, His Brother s Keeper, The Next One Hundred Years, and Planet Earth. Seller Inventory # 199-104
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