David Toews

I remember finishing an early-morning coffee, watching the sun rise over Española Island in the Galápagos, as I became immersed in this book. Focused on the pioneering research of Peter and Rosemary Grant — my academic great-grandparents — it tells the story of evolutionary change among Darwin’s finches. Their work inspired my own path. The book captures the unpredictability of evolution, and how, over 30 years of careful study, the Grants uncovered discoveries they could never have anticipated.