- Evolution, Finches, Research, United States
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Jonathan Weiner
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 332
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Turtleback Books, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679400035
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