The Resource Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution, Michael J. Behe
Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution, Michael J. Behe
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The item Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution, Michael J. Behe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin's theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin's mechanism works, weakening the theory's validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution, damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest biological levels. This is important, he makes clear, because it shows the Darwinian process cannot explain the creation of life itself. 'A process that so easily tears down sophisticated machinery is not one which will build complex, functional systems,' he writes. In addition to disputing the methodology of Darwinism and how it conflicts with the concept of creation, Behe reveals that what makes Intelligent Design unique, and right, is that it acknowledges causation. Evolution proposes that organisms living today are descended with modification from organisms that lived in the distant past. But Intelligent Design goes a step further asking, what caused such astounding changes to take place? What is the reason or mechanism for evolution? For Behe, this is what makes Intelligent Design so important."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- Problems. The pretense of knowledge ; Fathomless elegance
- Theories. Synthesizing evolution ; Magic numbers ; Overextended
- Data. The family line ; Poison-pill mutations ; Dollow's timeless law ; Revenge of the principle of comparative difficulty
- Solution. A terrible thing to waste
- Appendix: clarifying perspective
- Isbn
- 9780062842619
- Label
- Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution
- Title
- Darwin devolves
- Title remainder
- the new science about DNA that challenges evolution
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael J. Behe
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin's theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin's mechanism works, weakening the theory's validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution, damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest biological levels. This is important, he makes clear, because it shows the Darwinian process cannot explain the creation of life itself. 'A process that so easily tears down sophisticated machinery is not one which will build complex, functional systems,' he writes. In addition to disputing the methodology of Darwinism and how it conflicts with the concept of creation, Behe reveals that what makes Intelligent Design unique, and right, is that it acknowledges causation. Evolution proposes that organisms living today are descended with modification from organisms that lived in the distant past. But Intelligent Design goes a step further asking, what caused such astounding changes to take place? What is the reason or mechanism for evolution? For Behe, this is what makes Intelligent Design so important."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Behe, Michael J.
- Dewey number
- 576.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH367.3
- LC item number
- .B427 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Darwin, Charles
- Evolution (Biology)
- Intelligent design (Teleology)
- DNA
- Molecular evolution
- Label
- Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution, Michael J. Behe
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- Problems. The pretense of knowledge ; Fathomless elegance -- Theories. Synthesizing evolution ; Magic numbers ; Overextended -- Data. The family line ; Poison-pill mutations ; Dollow's timeless law ; Revenge of the principle of comparative difficulty -- Solution. A terrible thing to waste -- Appendix: clarifying perspective
- Control code
- on1049576124
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062842619
- Lccn
- 2018034062
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1049576124
- Label
- Darwin devolves : the new science about DNA that challenges evolution, Michael J. Behe
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Problems. The pretense of knowledge ; Fathomless elegance -- Theories. Synthesizing evolution ; Magic numbers ; Overextended -- Data. The family line ; Poison-pill mutations ; Dollow's timeless law ; Revenge of the principle of comparative difficulty -- Solution. A terrible thing to waste -- Appendix: clarifying perspective
- Control code
- on1049576124
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062842619
- Lccn
- 2018034062
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1049576124
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