Best Selling Books by Jonathan Weiner

Der amerikanische Wissenschaftsjournalist Jonathan Weiner berichtet von den verzweifelten Versuchen des Ingenieus Jamie Heywood, das Leben seines Bruders zu retten, der an der unheilbaren Nervenkrankheit ALS leidet.

Verslag van een speurtocht naar de huidige en toekomstige mogelijkheden van de wetenschap om het verouderingsproces van het menselijk lichaam tot staan te brengen en de levensduur te verlengen.

Uiteenzetting van de oorzaken van het broeikas-effect en van de manieren waarop de aarde daarop reageert.

Bespreking van het onderzoek aan Darwins vinken op de Galápagos eilanden als illustratie van verschillende evolutionaire mechanismen.

Following in Darwin''s footsteps in the Galapagos were Peter and Rosemary Grant, who studied the features of the beaks of various species of finches and confirmed Darwin''s theory of natural selection. On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin''s finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.