A review by noahbw
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner

5.0

This book was part of EED required reading, but I really enjoyed it. It gives a face to some leading evolutionary biologists, to the point that I kind of feel like I've met them. Beyond that, the science is really cool - this book describes a lot of really interesting evolutionary principles with specific examples. I'd say that this book is best for people who have some knowledge of (and "belief" in) evolution, but if I'd imagine that even without that, this would still be a good read. Either way, this book takes a lot of concepts and explains them in a way that is concrete and therefore much easier to remember.