| Description |
x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
I. Is Evolution Going Anywhere? 1. Prophets of Progress / Julian Huxley, Francisco J. Ayala and Edward O. Wilson. 2. The Naysayers / George Gaylord Simpson, John Tyler Bonner and David Raup -- II. Tools and Metaphors of Evolution. 3. Wedges, Arms Races, and the Role of Strife / Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins. 4. Governors, Tinkerers, and the Role of Synergy / Gregory Bateson, Francois Jacob, Lynn Margulis, Mark McMenamin and Peter A. Corning. 5. Ratchets, Uroboros, and the Role of Initiative / Jacob Bronowski, Alister Hardy and Karl Popper -- III. Embracing the Cosmos. 6. Cosmic Visions / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley. 7. Banishing Cosmic Meaning / Peter Medawar and Jacques Monod. 8. Beyond the Binary / Connie Barlow, Dorion Sagan, Connie Barlow and M. Mitchell Waldrop -- IV. Evolution and Religion. 9. Evolution as Religion / Edward O. Wilson, Julian Huxley, Alister Hardy and John C. Greene |
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10. Responding to Creationism / Henry M. Morris, Charles Darwin, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Pope John Paul II, John C. Greene, George Gaylord Simpson, William Provine, Martin Eger and Richard D. Alexander / U.S. Supreme Court. 11. Science into Myth / Jeffrey Wicken, Brian Swimme and Laurence Levine |
| Summary |
Barlow has woven selections from the writings of biologists and philosophers into a unified whole which explores a range of viewpoints on evolutionary biology |
| Analysis |
Evolution |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-312) and index |
| Subject |
Creationism.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects.
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Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evolution -- Religious aspects.
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Evolution.
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Bible and evolution.
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Creationism.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects.
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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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Religion and Science.
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| Author |
Barlow, Connie C.
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| LC no. |
93042025 |
| ISBN |
0262023733 |
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0262522063 (pb) |
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