Enchanted by Daphne by Peter R. Grant - 9780691246253

Name: Enchanted by Daphne by Peter R. Grant - 9780691246253
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

Enchanted by DaphneThe Life of an Evolutionary Naturalist\nAuthor(s): Peter R. Grant\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691246253, 978-0691246253\nSynopsis\nThe extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution\n\nEnchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grants personal account of his remarkable life and career. In this revelatory book, Grant takes readers from his childhood in World War IIera Britain to his ongoing research today in the Galpagos archipelago, vividly describing what it's like to do fieldwork in one of the most magnificent yet inhospitable places on Earth. This is also the story of two brilliant and courageous biologists raising a family together while balancing the demands of professional lives that would take them to the far corners of the globe.\n\nIn 1973, Grant and his wife, Rosemary, embarked on a journey that would .