Grant rosemary (69 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The story of the unorthodox and inspiring life and career of a pioneering biologist Scientist Rosemary Grant?s journey in life has involved detours and sidesteps?not the shortest or the straightest of paths, but one that has led her to the top of evolutionary biology. In this engaging and moving book, Grant tells the story of her life and career?from her childhood love of nature in England?s Lake District to an undergraduate education at the University of Edinburgh through a swerve to Canada and teaching, followed by marriage, children, a PhD at age forty-nine, and her life?s work with Darwin?s finches in the Galápagos islands. Grant?s unorthodox career is one woman?s solution to the problem of combining professional life as a field biologist with raising a family.Grant describes her youthful interest in fossils, which inspired her to imagine another world, distant yet connected in time?and which anticipated her later work in evolutionary biology. She and her husband, Peter Grant, visited the Galápagos archipelago annually for forty years, tracking the fates of the finches on the small, uninhabited island of Daphne Major. Their work has profoundly altered our understanding of how a group of eighteen species has diversified from a single ancestral species, demonstrating that evolution by natural selection can be observed and interpreted in an entirely natural environment. Grant?s story shows the rewards of following a winding path and the joy of working closely with a partner, sharing ideas, disappointments, and successes. …

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1989. Birds, Natural History, Zoology. University of Chicago Press. Very good - near fine paperback 350p. 6/25.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Very Good dust jacket. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Grant, Peter R., 1936- / Grant, B. Rosemary. How and why species multiply: the radiation of Darwin's finches. Princeton: University Press, 2008, xix, 218pp., very good dust-jacket, very good green cloth. Princeton series in evolutionary biology. - "Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their ancestors over many generations, and that the driving mechanism of evolutionary change was natural selection. In this concise, accessible book, Peter and Rosemary Grant explain what we have learned about the origin and evolution of new species through the study of the finches made famous by that great scientist: Darwin's finches" "Drawing upon their unique observations of finch evolution over a thirty-four-year period, the Grants trace the evolutionary history of fourteen different species from a shared ancestor three million years ago. They show how repeated cycles of speciation involved adaptive change through natural selection on beak size and shape, and divergence in songs. They explain other factors that drive finch evolution, including geographical isolation, which has kept the Galapagos relatively free of competitors and predators; climate change and an increase in the number of islands over the last three million years, which enhanced opportunities for speciation; and flexibility in the early learning of feeding skills, which helped species to exploit new food resources. Throughout, the Grants show how the laboratory tools of developmental biology and molecular genetics can be combined with observations and experiments on birds in the field to gain deeper insights into why the world is so biologically rich and diverse.". ISBN 9780691133607.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. 2024. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9780691146959.

Zustand: New. Idioma/Language: Español. El matrimonio Grant explica en este ensayo cómo los pinzones estudiados por el propio Darwin han seguido proporcionando valiosa información científica sobre el origen y la evolución de nuevas especies. Los Grant trazan la historia evolutiva de catorce especies diferentes a partir de un ancestro común que vivió hace tres millones de años. Analizan, en un lenguaje accesible, los múltiples factores que influyen en la evolución de los pinzones: la forma y el tamaño del pico, el aislamiento geográfico y el cambio climático, mostrando, al mismo tiempo, cómo las herramientas de laboratorio de la genética molecular y de la biología del desarrollo pueden combinarse con observaciones y experimentos sobre las aves en el campo para proporcionar una comprensión más profunda acerca de las causas que hacen que nuestro planeta posea una riqueza y una diversidad biológica tan grande. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 311 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Octavo, paperback,350 pp.,colour plates. A detailed and careful examination of behavior and ecology in the wild.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 311 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 311 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.