TY - BOOK AU - Weiner,Jonathan TI - The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time SN - 067973337X (pbk.) : AV - QL696.P246 W45 1995 PY - 1995///, c1994 CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Grant, Peter R., KW - Grant, B. Rosemary. KW - Finches KW - Galapagos Islands KW - Evolution KW - Research N1 - Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1994; Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-321) and index N2 - On a remote outpost of the Galapagos, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent 20 years measuring the beaks of generations of finches--to prove that Darwin did not know the strength of this own theory. "Spark(s) not just the intellect, but the imagination".--Washington Post Book World. 50 illustrations. Map ER -