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Darwin’s House of Cards
- Author
- Tom Bethell
- Narrator
- Matthew McAuliffe
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 June 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin’s theory as a nineteenth-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory, investigating controversies over common descent, natural selection, the fossil record, biogeography, information theory, evolutionary psychology, artificial intelligence, and the growing intelligent design movement.
Bethell’s account is enriched by his own personal encounters with some of our era’s leading scientists and thinkers, including Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin; British paleontologist Colin Patterson; and renowned philosopher of science Karl Popper.
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“Not only informative, but also entertaining. Any open-minded person interested in evolution will enjoy this book.”
Jonathan Wells, author of Icons of Evolution
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Details
- Author
- Tom Bethell
- Narrator
- Matthew McAuliffe
- Duration
- 8 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9781982694630
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Religion and science, Evolution
Synopsis
In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin’s theory as a nineteenth-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory, investigating controversies over common descent, natural selection, the fossil record, biogeography, information theory, evolutionary psychology, artificial intelligence, and the growing intelligent design movement. Bethell’s account is enriched by his own personal encounters with some of our era’s leading scientists and thinkers, including Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin; British paleontologist Colin Patterson; and renowned philosopher of science Karl Popper.
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