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"This book is an extraordinary achievement. It is carefully researched, impeccably crafted, unflinchingly dramatic, yet conscientiously scientific."--School Library Journal
"[An] engaging narrative of a modern scientific study that will
forever change the way that we view evolution....This is a rare
book: The Beak of the Finch 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."--The Los Angeles Times Book
Review
"Evocative writing, exhaustive research, and Weiner's memorable
portrait of the engaging Grants assure The Beak of the Finch
membership in the select pantheon of science books that spark not
just the intellect, but the imagination."--Washington Post Book
World
"A brilliant book. It is the best book on life and evolution in
many a long year--one of those rare books that permanently alters
one's view of nature and even of life and death."--Richard Preston
"From the Trade Paperback edition.
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