The edge of evolution : the search for the limits of Darwinism / Michael J. Behe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behe, Michael J., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Molecular evolution.

Genetics.

Intelligent design (Teleology).

Physical Description:

ix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, 2007.

Summary:

Draws on new findings in genetics to pose an argument for intelligent design that refutes Darwinian beliefs about evolution while offering alternative analyses of such factors as disease, random mutations, and the human struggle for survival.

Contents:

1 The Elements of Darwinism 1

2 Arms Race or Trench Warfare? 17

3 The Mathematical Limits of Darwinism 44

4 What Darwinism Can Do 64

5 What Darwinism Can't Do 84

6 Benchmarks 103

7 The Two-Binding-Sites Rule 123

8 Objections to the Edge 148

9 The Cathedral and the Spandrels 171

10 All the World's a Stage 204

Appendix A I, Nanobot 241

Appendix B Malaria Drug Resistance 259

Appendix C Assembling the Bacterial Flagellum 261

Appendix D The Cardsharp 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780743296205

0743296206

OCLC:

136958644