Why Evolution is True
- Author:
- Jerry Coyne (author)
- Language:
- English
- Original language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Original publication year:
- 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-923085-3
- Pages:
- 309
- Synopsis:
This book lays out in a systematic way the evidence for evolution. The first chapter, What Is Evolution?, lays out the basics tenets of the theory. The second, Written in the Rocks, are about (as you might guess) fossils and how they give good evidence of evolution (which wasn't available in Darwin's time). The third chapter goes into vestigial organs and functions, and the various bad designs we find in nature. The rest of the book lays out evidence from the geobiography of life, sexual selection, and so on.
The book is a response to the (on-going) anti-evolution tendency, and directly answers criticisms from that wing, in a detailed and interesting way.
- Review:
One of the better books on evolution I've read. If you're looking for an explanation of exactly why scientists believe the theory of evolution best explains the adaptations in life (as opposed to intelligent design), then this book is for you.
- Has read?
- Yes
- Debut?
- No
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- Table of Contents:
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- Preface
- Introduction
- What Is Evolution?
- Written in the Rocks
- Remnants: Vestiges, Embryos, and Bad Design
- The Geography of Life
- The Engine of Evolution
- How Sex Drives Evolution
- The Origin of Species
- What About Us?
- Evolution Redux
- Notes
- Glossary
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- References
- Illustration Credits
- Index
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