| Description |
xxvi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The word of God / Alice B. Kehoe -- 2. Scopes and beyond: antievolutionism and American culture / John R. Cole -- 3. The ages of the Earth and the universe / George O. Abell -- 4. Ghosts from the nineteenth century: creationist arguments for a young Earth / Stephen G. Brush -- 5. Probability and the origin of life / Russell F. Doolittle -- 6. Thermodynamics and evolution / John W. Patterson -- 7. Molecular evidence for evolution / Thomas H. Jukes -- 8. Darwin's untimely burial -again! / Stephen Jay Gould -- 9. The geological and paleontological arguments of creationism / David M. Raup |
| Summary |
A fascinating and timely book which demonstrates once and for all why 'scientific' creationism is not only bad science but also bad theology--and in the process spells out the principles that guide genuine discovery. Basically, an expose of all pseudo-science. A badly needed overview of the scientific view of evolution, explaining clearly and straightforwardly exactly what scientists think and why |
| Analysis |
Organisms Evolution |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Norton, 1983 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Creation.
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Creationism -- Controversial literature.
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Creationism.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evolution -- Religious aspects.
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Evolution.
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Biological Evolution.
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| Author |
Godfrey, Laurie R.
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| LC no. |
82012500 |
| ISBN |
0393016293 |
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0393301540 (paperback) |
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