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Evolutionists Vs. Creationists
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Why is there still so much anti-evolution sentiment in the United
States at the start of the Third Millennium? Why does the debate that began in
1859, when Charles Darwin successfully established the study of evolution, still
rage in 2000? How can America tolerate the continued attack by conservative
elements within the Judeo-Christian tradition on the quality of science
education when science and its technological offshoots are so essential to our
future well being and prosperity?
Niles Eldredge, a leading expert on evolution and the diversity of life, has studied creationism and debated creationists for over two decades. Now, in The Triumph of Evolution, he presents the most up-to-date examination of the creation-evolution confrontation available. In this incisive narrative, he reveals the creationists' basic argument and their strategies for advancing it--including the recent attack on "philosophical naturalism" and emphasis on models of "intelligent design" by creationist Phillip Johnson and his colleagues. He also counters the charges that the study of evolution cannot be scientific or that it leads to the demise of family, religion, and traditional values.
The Triumph of Evolution counters all these arguments with a simple overview of the evolutionary process--and a ringing declaration of the scientific nature of the study of evolution. Eldredge disavows the ongoing dissonance between science and religion and seeks instead a resonance in the pressing issue of catastrophic species loss on Earth. It is a problem that can be solved only if science and the adherents of the world's religious traditions pool their understanding, knowledge, and resources together. Ultimately, The Triumph of Evolution challenges all of us to leave the stale debates of the nineteenth century to confront the vital problems of the next century.
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The Evolution Wars: A Guide
to the Debates
by Michael Ruse, Edward O.
Wilson
Paperback - 336 pages (December
2001)
Rutgers University Press;
ISBN: 0813530369 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 9.94 x 6.44
Other Editions: Hardcover
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Editorial ReviewsThe parallels are striking once we look closely: Genesis proclaims that God created all human languages at one stroke, while modern scientific thought proposes linguistic evolution similar in form to genetics. Best of all for scientists, though, linguistic change is much more rapid than biological change, and we have actually observed what might be called "speciation events" to have occurred historically in languages. While not meant to supplant traditional arguments against creationism, Pennock's ideas certainly supplement them and will be useful to educators and researchers alike. His sense of urgency is compelling; he sees the future of scientific education and freedom at stake and argues strongly for a separation between private beliefs and public knowledge. --Rob Lightner --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.Not long ago, a federal court struck down an Arkansas law requiring that "scientific" Creationism be taught in high school science classes. Contemporary Creationists may have lost one legal battle, but their cause continues to thrive. Their efforts are directed not only at state legislatures but at local school boards and textbook publishers. As Kitcher argues in this rigorous but highly readable book, the integrity of science is under attack. The methods of inquiry used in evolutionary biology are those which are used throughout the sciences. Moreover, modern biology is intertwined with other fields of science--physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology. Creationists hope to persuade the public that education in science should be torn apart to make room for a literal reading of Genesis.
Abusing Science refutes the popular complaint that the scientific establishment is dogmatic and intolerant, denying "academic freedom" to the unorthodox. It examines Creationist claims seriously and systematically, one by one, showing clearly just why they are at best misguided, at worst ludicrous.
Editorial Reviews
I want to persuade the reader, not just that the Darwinian world-view happens to be true, but that it is the only known theory that could, in principle, solve the mystery of our existence.
The title of this 1986 work, Dawkins's second book, refers to the Rev. William Paley's 1802 work, Natural Theology, which argued that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must exist, the complexity of living organisms proves that a Creator exists. Not so, says Dawkins: "All appearances to the contrary, the only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics, albeit deployed in a very special way... it is the blind watchmaker."
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Science on Trial : The Case for EvolutionPaperback
- 287 pages Reprint edition (April 1995)
Sinauer Assoc; ISBN: 0878931848
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.90 x 8.19 x 5.44
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Evolution and the Myth of Creationism
: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate
by Tim M. Berra
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Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy (Frontiers of Philosophy)
The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action
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Warning: The Darwin Awards are not for the tenderhearted. The vastly popular
Web site, now a book, recognizes "individuals who ensure the long-term survival
of our species by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic
fashion." Who wins a Darwin Award? Terrorists who set their bombs on daylight
saving time and delivered them on standard time, blowing themselves up. Folks
who put garlands around a Bengal tiger's neck. Guys in Cambodia who took turns
stomping on a land mine they'd brought into a bar. The six Egyptians who drowned
trying to rescue a chicken that fell into a well. (The chicken alone survived.)
The Buenos Aires husband who threw his wife out an eighth-floor window during
a spat, noticed she'd gotten caught in power lines, and jumped after her, "angrily
trying to finish the job, or remorsefully hoping to rescue her." He went
splat; she escaped unscathed. There are some urban legends, like the sergeant
said to have attached a Jet-Assisted Take-Off unit to his Chevy and hit a cliff
125 feet up (not true, says author Wendy Northcutt), and all-too-true honorable
mentions, like the man who put weather balloons on his lawn chair, soared to 16,000
feet, crashed into power lines, blacked out Long Beach, California, and told police,
"A man can't just sit around." My favorite winner: the man who was bitten
nine times by the same king brown snake because he put it in a bag on his car
seat and kept sticking his hand back into the bag. Why did he pick up the snake
with his left hand? "Because I was holding a beer in my right one."
And where did this take place? In Darwin, Australia. If you think somebody up
there doesn't have a wicked sense of humor, The Darwin Awards may change
your mind. --Tim Appelo
by Michael Ruse (Editor)
Paperback - 406 pages
(August 1996)
Prometheus Books; ISBN:
1573920878 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.04 x 8.98 x 6.02