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Title: Scientists Confront Creationism by Laurie R. Godfrey ISBN: 0-393-30154-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A bit heavy in technical talk, but a good reading
Comment: I've tried to take as much of an unbiased stance in the creation or evolution argument, and reading this book did draw out alot of problems that are found in creationist circles. I find it unfortunate that so many creationist arguments appear well-founded when in reality there is often a much larger picture many creationists do not see. This book does a good job in showing more of the picture, albeit it is not a perfect book and it is a little technical (but what do you expect when trying to learn scientific findings or terminology?) Of particular interest is the chapter by George Abell concerning problems with common creationist arguments for a Young Earth, as well as the chapter 'Creationism and Gaps in the Fossil Record' by Laurie Godfrey. Anyone who is TRULY interested in learning more about the two sides debate should read this with an open mind. It does not have all the answers you'll ever want but has compelling arguments from which one can learn a lot.
Rating: 5
Summary: Utterly Convincing
Comment: I read this book almost 20 years ago now and found it utterly convincing. You will quickly notice that the arguments against this book won't come from a scientific viewpoint but from a religious one. As with the reviewer here who describes the book as "full of logical errors", yet can't produce a single example and insists that "there are creationist scientists", the arguments are based on ignorance. Actually I doubt most of the critics got more than a few pages into the book. They no doubt would find the abolutely overwhelming mass of evidence from virtually every branch of science inconvenient and uncomfortable.
For open minded folks though wondering why virtually every practicing scientist today accepts the basic theory of evolution (all life evolved from simpler life forms), in spite of the fact that it seems to defy common sense, it would be difficult to find a better book. Certainly its arguments leave no room for doubt.
The book does not disprove God or a creator, however its clear that honest seekers wishing to tie the origins of life to a human understanding of God will conclude that what is taught by today's Christian fundamentalists is absurd nonsense.
Rating: 5
Summary: Old But Good
Comment: This collection of essays is somewhat technical, but it represents conclusive, mainstream scientific responses to well-worn creationist arguments. This book does not deal with the intelligent design movement, which developed after the high-profile creationist controversies of the 1980's.
The science presented here is not illogical, weak or unsupported; those who find it controversial do so only for religious reasons and not scientific ones.
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Title: Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate by Tim M. Berra ISBN: 0804717702 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism by Robert T. Pennock ISBN: 0262661659 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 28 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Triumph of Evolution : and the Failure of Creationism by Niles Eldredge ISBN: 0805071474 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism by Philip Kitcher ISBN: 026261037X Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 23 June, 1983 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Science and Creationism (Galaxy Book, Gb 721) by Ashley Montagu, Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0195032535 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1984 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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