Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design
In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong.

In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism omits the latest science, glossing over crucial questions and fascinating details.

In the other corner: Intelligent Design advocates like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe. Many defy scientific consensus, maintaining that evolution is a fraud and rejecting common ancestry outright.

There is a third way. Evolution 2.0 proves that, while evolution is not a hoax, neither is it random nor accidental. Changes are targeted, adaptive, and aware. You'll discover:
  • How organisms re-engineer their genetic destiny in real time
  • Amazing systems living things use to re-design themselves
  • Every cell is armed with machinery for editing its own DNA
  • The five amazing tools organisms use to alter their genetics
  • 70 years of scientific discoveries—of which the public has heard virtually nothing!

    Perry Marshall approached evolution with skepticism for religious reasons. As an engineer, he rejected the concept of organisms randomly evolving. But an epiphany—that DNA is code, much like data in our digital age—sparked a 10-year journey of in-depth research into more than 70 years of under-reported evolutionary science. This led to a new understanding of evolution—an evolution 2.0 that not only furthers technology and medicine, but fuels our sense of wonder at life itself.

    This book will open your eyes and transform your thinking about evolution and God. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for our place in the universe. You'll see the world around you as you've never seen it before.

    Evolution 2.0 pinpoints the central mystery of biology, offering a multimillion dollar technology prize at naturalcode.org to the first person who can solve it.
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    Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design
    In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong.

    In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism omits the latest science, glossing over crucial questions and fascinating details.

    In the other corner: Intelligent Design advocates like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe. Many defy scientific consensus, maintaining that evolution is a fraud and rejecting common ancestry outright.

    There is a third way. Evolution 2.0 proves that, while evolution is not a hoax, neither is it random nor accidental. Changes are targeted, adaptive, and aware. You'll discover:
  • How organisms re-engineer their genetic destiny in real time
  • Amazing systems living things use to re-design themselves
  • Every cell is armed with machinery for editing its own DNA
  • The five amazing tools organisms use to alter their genetics
  • 70 years of scientific discoveries—of which the public has heard virtually nothing!

    Perry Marshall approached evolution with skepticism for religious reasons. As an engineer, he rejected the concept of organisms randomly evolving. But an epiphany—that DNA is code, much like data in our digital age—sparked a 10-year journey of in-depth research into more than 70 years of under-reported evolutionary science. This led to a new understanding of evolution—an evolution 2.0 that not only furthers technology and medicine, but fuels our sense of wonder at life itself.

    This book will open your eyes and transform your thinking about evolution and God. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for our place in the universe. You'll see the world around you as you've never seen it before.

    Evolution 2.0 pinpoints the central mystery of biology, offering a multimillion dollar technology prize at naturalcode.org to the first person who can solve it.
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    Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design

    by Perry Marshall
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    Overview

    In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong.

    In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism omits the latest science, glossing over crucial questions and fascinating details.

    In the other corner: Intelligent Design advocates like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe. Many defy scientific consensus, maintaining that evolution is a fraud and rejecting common ancestry outright.

    There is a third way. Evolution 2.0 proves that, while evolution is not a hoax, neither is it random nor accidental. Changes are targeted, adaptive, and aware. You'll discover:
  • How organisms re-engineer their genetic destiny in real time
  • Amazing systems living things use to re-design themselves
  • Every cell is armed with machinery for editing its own DNA
  • The five amazing tools organisms use to alter their genetics
  • 70 years of scientific discoveries—of which the public has heard virtually nothing!

    Perry Marshall approached evolution with skepticism for religious reasons. As an engineer, he rejected the concept of organisms randomly evolving. But an epiphany—that DNA is code, much like data in our digital age—sparked a 10-year journey of in-depth research into more than 70 years of under-reported evolutionary science. This led to a new understanding of evolution—an evolution 2.0 that not only furthers technology and medicine, but fuels our sense of wonder at life itself.

    This book will open your eyes and transform your thinking about evolution and God. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for our place in the universe. You'll see the world around you as you've never seen it before.

    Evolution 2.0 pinpoints the central mystery of biology, offering a multimillion dollar technology prize at naturalcode.org to the first person who can solve it.

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781940363806
    Publisher: BenBella Books
    Publication date: 09/01/2015
    Pages: 300
    Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

    About the Author

    Perry Marshall is an author, speaker, engineer, and world-renowned business consultant in Chicago. With a decade of research, he brings a fresh perspective to the 150-year-old evolution debate. Bill Gates of Microsoft and the founders of Google revolutionized software and the Internet through their status as outsiders. Similarly, this book harnesses a communication engineer's outsider's perspective to reveal a century of unrecognized research and discoveries. Evolution 2.0 resolves the conflict between Darwin and Design, opening new avenues of science research and raising tantalizing new questions.

    Perry's work in digital communications, control systems, acoustics, and e-commerce bring practical insight to questions about nature and science. His books include 80/20 Sales and Marketing, Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords, and Industrial Ethernet. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering. He's consulted in over 300 industries, from computer hardware and software to health care and finance.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    The Young Earth Creationist and His Curious Daughter xvii

    The Road to Code xxi

    Part I Evolving My Religion

    Chapter 1 "Bro, I'm Losing My Religion" 3

    Chapter 2 Evolution: Truth or Fiction? 13

    Chapter 3 Confessions of a Science Geek 21

    Part II The Neo-Darwinist Dilemma

    Chapter 4 Pity the Fruit Fly: Testing Randomness 27

    Chapter 5 Eureka! Information Theory! 35

    Chapter 6 Russian Dolls: How Information Stacks Up 40

    Chapter 7 Why the Genetic Code Is a Code, Not Merely Like a Code 50

    Chapter 8 Code First, Evolution Second 59

    Chapter 9 Let's Make Some Noise About Noise: Dispelling Random Mutations Once and for All 64

    Chapter 10 How Do We Fix Evolution? 73

    Part III How Evolution Really Works

    Chapter 11 Blade #1: Transposition-The 70-Year-Old Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery Nobody Talks About 79

    Chapter 12 Blade #2: Horizontal Gene Transfer-The Generous Gene 93

    Chapter 13 How Smart Is a Cell, Really? 102

    Chapter 14 Blade #3: Epigenetics-How Parents Pass Learned Traits to Their Kids 114

    Chapter 15 Blade #4: Symbiogenesis-Evolution as Cooperation 121

    Chapter 16 Blade #5: Genome Duplication-Evolution at Lightning Speed 132

    Chapter 17 Why Is Neither Side Telling You the Whole Story? 149

    Part IV Evolution 2.0 and the Language of Cells

    Chapter 18 Curious George and the Blog Spam Theory of Evolution 155

    Chapter 19 Fluent in "Cellese"-DNA Is a Language 165

    Chapter 20 Irreducible Complexity Made Simple 170

    Part V Origin of Information: The Quest

    Chapter 21 Origin of Life: Can I Get a Straight Answer from Anybody? 177

    Chapter 22 Fistfight on the #1 Atheist Website in the World 188

    Chapter 23 Information: The Ten-Million-Dollar Question 196

    Part VI Evolution 2.0 and Its Implications for Science

    Chapter 24 Beyond "God of the Gaps": A New Paradigm for Biology 211

    Chapter 25 Applied Evolution I: Which Teaches Us More? Darwinism Versus Evolution 2.0 220

    Chapter 26 Applied Evolution II: Technologies from Better Evolution Research 225

    Part VII Evolution 2.0 and Its Implications for Faith

    Chapter 27 The Real Reason People Don't Believe Evolution, and Why That Can Finally Change 243

    Chapter 28 On the Shoulders of Giants: When Men of Science Were Also Men of Faith 251

    Chapter 29 Why So Much Pain and Suffering in the World? 262

    Conclusion

    Chapter 30 Brother Bryan Comes Around 269

    Chapter 31 "Why Should I Care and What Should I Do?" 272

    You've Reached the End of My Story. You Still Might Want to Read Further. Here's Why.

    Appendix 1 All About Randomness 281

    Appendix 2 Genesis 2.0 307

    Appendix 3 Recommended Books 332

    Appendix 4 The Origin of Information: How to Solve It and Win the Evolution 2.0 Prize 338

    Bibliography 346

    Index 361

    Acknowledgments 373

    About the Author 374

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