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.

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.