{"product_id":"the-beak-of-the-finch-isbn-9780679733379","title":"The Beak of the Finch","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that \"spark[s] not just the intellect, but the imagination\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World) •\u003c\/i\u003e With a new preface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Admirable and much-needed.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this remarkable story, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant ... one of those rare books that permanently alters one’s view of nature and even of life and death.”\u003cbr\u003e—Richard Preston, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hot Zone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Evolution in the flesh, a landmark in evolutionary studies.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Evocative writing, exhaustive research, and Weiner’s memorable portrait of the engaging Grants assure \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/i\u003e membership in the select pantheon of science books that spark not just the intellect, but the imagination.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Admirable and much-needed ... superb at explaining very complex scientific and philosophical concepts in lucid prose.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A sparkling exploration of the single most powerful and compelling force in nature.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is science writing at its most accomplished: both an account of how science is done and an eloquent illustration of why we do it.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Wise and intelligent ... Weiner’s engrossing book shows just how profoundly Darwin underestimated the power of his own ideas.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It has every chance of becoming a classic.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(of London)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is an exceptional book, artfully crafted, lucid and richly descriptive. It is the best exploration of evolution written in recent years. It conveys a powerful insight into life that helps us to understand the fundamental forces of nature and our relationship to the world about us. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “First class ... one of the best pieces of science writing that I have read in a long while.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Spectacular, page-turning ... the ideal book to recommend to any doubter who asks, ‘where’s the evidence for evolution.’”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Jonathan Weiner is a science writer who makes complex research accessible to the ordinary person, and he does so with wit and style.... Reads like a combination detective story and adventure book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Leads us deeper and deeper into what Darwin called ‘the mystery of mysteries’.... Weiner picks up the pieces of this puzzle and holds them up to the light at just the right angle.... He leaves us with not only a greater understanding of the forces of nature but also a greater sense of wonder at creation.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lyrical ... as intimate, precise and meticulous as his subject’s groundbreaking work, and deserves to have the same wide influence.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An invaluable living lesson in evolutionary change.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This remarkable book will forever change your sense of the pace of nature—once you’ve read Weiner s elegant and absorbing account, the world will seem infinitely more fluid, shifting, \u003ci\u003ealive\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—Bill McKibben, author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Well-written, fascinating ... this classic of science writing deserves to be as widely read as any Tom Clancy thriller.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times \u0026amp; World-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Combines vivid and witty on-the-scene reporting with a sound and evocative explication of Charles Darwin’s place in the history of ideas. Succinct and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch \u003c\/i\u003eis science writing of a high order.”\u003cbr\u003e—Timothy Ferris, author of \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in the Milky Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Darwin’s finches make for a scientific thriller ... in \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch, \u003c\/i\u003eJonathan Weiner took me on an astonishing voyage of discovery\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethat, in many ways, is a sequel to the most famous scientific voyage in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehistory.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRochester Democrat and Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[An] engaging narrative of a modern scientific study that will forever change the way that we view evolution. . . . This is a rare book: \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/i\u003e is at once absorbing science history, deftly crafted popular science treatise and engagingly personal narrative.... It has an important story to tell, not only of Darwin’s finches and evolution but also of the way that forefront scientific research is carried out.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This book is an extraordinary achievement. It is carefully researched, impeccably crafted, unflinchingly dramatic, yet conscientiously scientific.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003eJONATHAN 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 \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other newspapers and magazines, and he is a former editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beak of the Finch\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTime, Love, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLong for This World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHis Brother's Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Next One Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePlanet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York, where he teaches science writing at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304996229349,"sku":"NP9780679733379","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679733379.jpg?v=1767738278","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-beak-of-the-finch-isbn-9780679733379","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}