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Beak of the Finch a Story of Evolution in Our Time
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A fascinating book that starts with the story of how scientists studying finches over several years on a Galapagos island show how the birds change to meet challenges to their survival and then broadens to show how other living organisms, from virus to fish also are changing. Their adaptations show evolution in action. Weiner is easy to read and held my interest while documenting science in action and the extreme importance of ecology and evolution to our civilization. Why didn't I realize that bacteria changing to resist antibiotics are "evolving;" as are the cotton destroying pests in the southern states where so many people reject evolution because it doesn't fit their interpretation of the Bible?
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780679733379
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
05/30/1995
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Pages:
352
Height:
.70IN
Width:
5.10IN
Thickness:
.75
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Year:
1994
Series Volume:
no. 95-2
UPC Code:
2800679733371
Author:
Jonathan Weiner
Author:
Jonathan Weiner
Subject:
Finches
Subject:
Grant, B. Rosemary
Subject:
Biology-Evolution
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Finches -- Evolution -- Research -- Galapagos Islands.
Subject:
Grant, Peter R.
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