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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Niall Shanks |
| ISBN: | 0195161998 9780195161991 |
| OCLC Number: | 51769083 |
| Description: | xiii, 273 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Richard Dawkins -- Preface -- Introduction : the many designs of the intelligent design movement -- 1. The evolution of intelligent design arguments -- 2. Darwin and the illusion of intelligent design -- 3. Thermodynamics and the origins of order -- 4. Science and the supernatural -- 5. The biochemical case for intelligent design -- 6. The cosmological case for intelligent design -- Conclusion : intelligent design on society -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Niall Shanks. |
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Abstract:
Subjects the scientific, theological, and political vision of the Intelligent Design movement to critical scrutiny, rejecting its central claims as scientifically unfounded, theologically dubious, and ethically backward.
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... cogent and well-argued ... Shanks deftly skewers the scientific pretensions of intelligent design creationists. Science Niall Shanks has given us an outstanding book. It is thoroughly researched, clear informative, rigorous, and in its patient explanations and careful analyses irreproachable. It is lively, witty and engaging. Journal of Religious Studies Read more...
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