雀之喙
The beak of the finch
Jonathan Weiner · 初版 1994 年
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在加拉帕戈斯群岛中心的一座荒岛上，达尔文曾在此萌生了进化论的最初端倪，而彼得·格兰特与罗丝玛丽·格兰特这两位科学家却耗费了二十年时间，证明了达尔文本人并不知道自己的理论有多么强大。因为在大达芙妮岛的地雀之中，自然选择既非罕见也非缓慢：它每时每刻都在发生，我们亲眼可见。在这部展现开创性科学研究的引人入胜的故事中，乔纳森·韦纳跟随这些科学家观察达尔文地雀，并对生命本身形成了全新的认知。《The Beak of the
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太多了。我印象非常深的一本是《雀喙之谜》（The Beak of the Finch）。https://www.amazon.com/Beak-Finch-Story-Evolution-Time/dp/06...
So many. One I remember very fondly is "The beak of the Finch". https://www.amazon.com/Beak-Finch-Story-Evolution-Time/dp/06...
如果你从没读过《雀喙之谜：当代进化历程》（The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time）[1]，赶紧给自己买一本吧，越快越好。它不仅极其生动地记录了格兰特夫妇及其团队的研究工作，还是最顶级的科普读物之一……
If you have never read "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" [1], do yourself a favor and get a copy asap. Not only is it a realy good read on the work of the Grants and their team, it is one of the very best pop-science books…
乔纳森·温纳（Jonathan Weiner）写的《雀喙之谜》（The Beak of the Finch）极其出色地描述了（顺便说一句，这书非常值得一读）加拉帕戈斯群岛上雀鸟鸟喙的演化。有一种特定大小的雀鸟/鸟喙，相对较小……
The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner describes (extremely well, it´s a great book to read btw.) the evolution of Finch beaks on the Galapagos Islands. There was one particular Finch/beak size that had relatively small…
……化学（排名不分先后，这些是我脑海里最先蹦出来的几本）：托马斯·库恩的《科学革命的结构》（The Structure of Scientific Revolutions）、爱德华·威尔逊的《缤纷的生命》（The Diversity of Life）、乔纳森·温纳的《雀喙之谜：当代进化历程》（The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time）、斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德的《鸡的牙齿与马的脚趾》（Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes）、安德鲁·诺尔的《年轻地球上的生命》（Life on a Young Planet）、《加拉帕戈斯》（Galápagos）……
…chemistry (in no particular order, these are some of the first ones that come to my mind): "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" By Thomas S. Kuhn "The Diversity of Life" By Edward O. Wilson "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" by Jonathan Weiner "Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History" by Stephen Jay Gould "Life on a Young Planet" By Andrew H. Knoll "Galápagos"…
……发现了古菌的沃斯（Woese）：https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/books/review/david-quamme... 演化本身很有趣，但从生命之树的这个层级向上向下探索同样引人入胜。我也很喜欢读《雀喙之谜》（The Beak of the Finch），从中了解宏观后生动物的演化。
…Woese, who discovered Archaea: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/books/review/david-quamme... Evolution is interesting but up and down from this level of the tree of life too. I also loved reading "The Beak of the Finch" to learn about evolution in macroscopic metazoans.
……选择机制是一样的——通过只选择具有某种性状的动物进行繁殖，从而增加该性状在种群中的比例。物种形成不过是这一过程的结果。顺便提一下，获得普利策奖的《雀喙之谜》（The Beak of the Finch）探讨了演化其实并不需要经历很多代才能发生。它需要的是选择压力——比如严重干旱这类事件，能迫使自然选择在寥寥几代之内……
…selection is the same -- increase of a trait in the population by selecting only animals with that trait to reproduce. Speciation is merely a result of this process. Btw the pulitzer winning book "The beak of the finch" discusses how evolution actually doesn't need many generations to happen. What it needs is selection pressure -- events (such as severe draught) that force natural selection to happen within a handful…