Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
How would you react if told that you and your children have been lied to in science lessons at school and university? Yet this is exactly what has been happening for decades, as Icons of Evolution' demonstrates.
The author, a Berkeley Ph.D in Biology, is not a creationist, but his book describes many serious misrepresentations of facts commonly found in biology textbooks, which are used to perpetuate belief in evolution. The main part of the book describes ten of these icons', devoting one chapter to each, and shows what is wrong with them in the light of published scientific evidence. The chapters are all fairly brief, and each is divided into short sections, to make the material easier to assimilate. The author's thesis is amply documented with 71 pages of research notes at the end of the book.
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
How would you react if told that you and your children have been lied to in science lessons at school and university? Yet this is exactly what has been happening for decades, as Icons of Evolution' demonstrates.
The author, a Berkeley Ph.D in Biology, is not a creationist, but his book describes many serious misrepresentations of facts commonly found in biology textbooks, which are used to perpetuate belief in evolution. The main part of the book describes ten of these icons', devoting one chapter to each, and shows what is wrong with them in the light of published scientific evidence. The chapters are all fairly brief, and each is divided into short sections, to make the material easier to assimilate. The author's thesis is amply documented with 71 pages of research notes at the end of the book.
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong

Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong

Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong

Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong

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How would you react if told that you and your children have been lied to in science lessons at school and university? Yet this is exactly what has been happening for decades, as Icons of Evolution' demonstrates.
The author, a Berkeley Ph.D in Biology, is not a creationist, but his book describes many serious misrepresentations of facts commonly found in biology textbooks, which are used to perpetuate belief in evolution. The main part of the book describes ten of these icons', devoting one chapter to each, and shows what is wrong with them in the light of published scientific evidence. The chapters are all fairly brief, and each is divided into short sections, to make the material easier to assimilate. The author's thesis is amply documented with 71 pages of research notes at the end of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780895262004
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 338
Sales rank: 566,735
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.

Table of Contents

Preface xiIntroduction 1
The Miller-Urey Experiment 9
Darwin's Tree of Life 29
Homology in Vertebrate Limbs 59
Haeckel's Embroys 81
Archaeopteryx--The Missing Link 111
Peppered Moths 137
Darwin's Finches 159
Four-Winged Fruit Flies 177
Fossil Horses and Directed Evolution 195
From Ape to Human: The Ultimate Icon 209
Science or Myth? 229
Appendix I An Evaluation of Ten Recent Biology 249
Textbooks Appendix II Suggested Warning Labels for 259
Biology Textbooks Research Notes 261
Index 333
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