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Why evolution works (and creationism fails)
- Author
- Young, Matt, 1941-
- Title
- Why evolution works (and creationism fails) / Matt Young and Paul K. Strode.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
- Description
- xviii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008040062.html
- Other contributors
- Strode, Paul K., 1967-
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index.
- Contents
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- The basics and the history. The structure of this book ; History of creationism and evolutionary science in the United States
- How science works (and creationism doesn't). How science works ; How pseudoscience works ; Why creationism fails ; The argument from design ; Why intelligent-design creationism fails
- The science of evolution. The father of evolution ; How evolution works ; Recapitulation ; Evo devo : how evolution constantly remodels ; Phylogenetics ; Design by committee : the twists, turns, and flips of human anatomy
- The universe. How we know the age of the earth ; Is the universe fine-turned for life?
- Evolution, ethics, and religion. Evolution and ethics ; Why science and religion are compatible.
- Subject headings
- Evolution (Biology) Creationism.
- ISBN
- 9780813545493 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813545509 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 0813545498 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813545501 (pbk. : alk. paper)