Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
The Beak of the Finch
by Jonathan Weiner
Summary
A look at the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant, who spent 20 years on a small island in the Galápagos witnessing evolution happen in "real-time" among finches.
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Historical Context & Significance
The book proved to a wide audience that evolution isn't just something that happened in the past, but a visible, ongoing process.