Why Evolution Is True
Jan 2009 · Sold by Penguin
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"Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light." -Richard Dawkins
In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the "indelible stamp" of the processes first proposed by Darwin, Why Evolution Is True does not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, it sets out to prove evolution right.
In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the "indelible stamp" of the processes first proposed by Darwin, Why Evolution Is True does not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, it sets out to prove evolution right.
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4.2
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Cleve Stafford
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May 8, 2016
When a creationist says "I believe", "I think", or "plausibly", he or she is ridiculed as being ignorant or simple minded because of a perceived lack of evidence. When an evolutionist uses the same terms it is because he or she is postulating some profound truth (although those words prove there is no more evidence than with the creationist). Same arguments from both sides - nothing new.
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Paul T Sjordal
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December 25, 2021
Uses facts and logic to pay or the case for something that has been established science for a century and a half. You will notice that none of the negative reviews counter any actual arguments in the book. Those is because the negative reviews are coming from people who did not read the book and were taught to hate science, facts, and learning by their primitive religion. It is no coincidence that these same science-hating primitives are killing hundreds of thousands during the current pandemic with their craven hatred of facts.
esref celik celik
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April 2, 2015
I read it,but for a real scientific mind, is not satisfying and solid. Like all the darwinsts, you hear the same words in updated version to secure the holly relic of evolution. Just count the number of maybes,mightbes and all possiblity relates words, it is so many. This is not science,this is dreaming,daydreaming. Anyway we must be happy,even accidentally and by chance we are here,we are all connected to all other goners and comers and livers as well!! How inspiring and calming ur mind and heart!!! Wakeup
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About the author
Jerry A. Coyne is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, where he specialized in evolutionary genetics. He is also the author of Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible.
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