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Evolution and religious creation myths : how scientists respond / Paul F. Lurquin and Linda Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lurquin, Paul F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution--Religious aspects.
- Evolution.
- Creationism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 224 p.) : ill., 1 map.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Intelligent design (ID) and older style creationism argue that evolution by natural selection is an incorrect theory. This book demonstrates that in doing so, ID and creationism misinterpret the meaning of scientific theories.
- Contents:
- Creationism and intelligent design : the evolution of an idea
- What is evolutionary biology and where is it coming from?
- Creationist purpose and irreducible complexity rebutted
- The origins and evolution of homo sapiens
- The origins of life and the cosmos as evolutionary themes
- Evolution of the DNA world and the chance events that accompanied it : more about complexity
- The dangers of creationism.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988628-8
- 9786611163914
- 1-4294-9172-8
- 0-19-531538-3
- 0-19-971796-6
- 1-281-16391-0
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