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The Beak of the Finch
- A Story of Evolution in Our Time
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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The Beak of the Finch
Narrated by:
Victor Bevine
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Publisher's Summary
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1995
Rosemary and Peter Grant and those assisting them have spent 20 years on Daphne Major, an island in the Galapagos, studying natural selection. They recognize each individual bird on the island, when there are 400 at the time of the author's visit or when there are over a thousand. They have observed about 20 generations of finches - continuously. Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself.
©1995 Jonathan Weiner (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
What the critics say
- Pulitzer Prize, General Non-Fiction, 1995
- AudioFile Earphones Award, 2010
"An engaging account of a seminal study that introduces the reader to Darwin and to the dedicated, tireless biologists who have proved him right." ( Booklist)
"Narrator Victor Bevine’s English accents include Australian, American, and British, with seamless switches to Ecuadorian Spanish. He senses just the right pace for his well-pronounced deluge of scientific words and arguments. His enthusiasm for what the finch studies demonstrated heralds the Grants’ momentous contribution to our knowledge of biology today." ( AudioFile)
"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)
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