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The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time
Par Jonathan Weiner. 1994
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Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Nature, Sciences et technologies
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Discusses the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant, who spent more than twenty years in the Galapagos Islands researching Charles…
Darwin's finches to confront Darwin's notion of evolution as a time-suspended process. Weiner incorporates research from other scientists to assert that evolution is dynamic, involving constant, even observable, change. L.A. Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 1994.
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Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Affaires (biographies), Familles (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Affaires et économie, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.Rogue primate : an exploration of human domestication
Par John A Livingston. 1994
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Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Nature, Environnement, Sciences et technologies
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In the 1970s, environmentalist John Livingston began to find serious flaws in the conventional conservation argument. He began to challenge…
the belief that the survival of undomesticated plants and animals in a world dominated by humans could be enabled through "resource conservation" managed by humans. He argues that our dependence on ideas -- in effect, our own domestication -- has cut us off from the natural world, and led us to believe that our domination over nature is itself "natural." Winner of the 1994 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.