Editing The Beak of the Finch (section)

== Reception ==
The book is well received by biologists, and has been praised for its description of the ups and downs of fieldwork, the excitement of unexpected results, and the growing emphasis on critical statistical analysis to uncover patterns.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Orians |first=Gordon H |date=March 1995 |title=Book Review of "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time." |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/5a3751bc15e69be7d0f811d26a8cc966/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=34924 |journal=BioScience |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=222}}</ref> It received some criticism for over-emphasizing the research by the Grants, e.g. Weiner's claim that they discovered species pairs of sticklebacks in freshwater lakes that were already well-known.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Foster |first=Susan A. |date=1995 |title=Review of The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035907 |journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=545–546 |jstor=3035907 |issn=0033-5770}}</ref> But reviews agree that the book is compelling, well written, and an excellent primer on how evolution works.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />