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Dealing with Dawkins Dealing with Dawkins John Blanchard John Blanchard has produced yet another winner. This time he engages with the so-called "new atheism" promoted by Richard Dawkins in his books The God Delusion and The Greatest Show on Earth. He conc… OL15437842W
Explanation and teleology in Aristotle's science of nature Explanation and teleology in Aristotle's science of nature Mariska Leunissen "In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in birds for the sake of flying). Wherea… OL15571515W
Monkey girl Monkey girl Edward Humes What should we teach our children about where we come from? Is evolution good science? Is it a lie? Is it incompatible with faith? Did Charles Darwin really say man came from monkeys? Have scientists… OL15832139W
Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms Eric Plutzer,Michael B. Berkman Who should decide what children are taught in school? This question lies at the heart of the evolution-creation wars that have become a regular feature of the U.S. political landscape. Ever since the… OL16336126W
Darwin's Doubt Darwin's Doubt Stephen C. Meyer Charles Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. In what is known today as the "Cambrian explosion," 530 million years ago many animals s… OL16805320W
Defeating Darwinism by opening minds Defeating Darwinism by opening minds Johnson, Phillip E. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, is there an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying? Phillip Johnson says there is: the k… OL1823528W
The battle over the meaning of everything The battle over the meaning of everything Gordy Slack A compelling eyewitness account of the recent courtroom drama in Dover, Pennsylvania that put evolution on trial. Journalist Gordy Slack offers a riveting, personal, and often amusing first-hand ac… OL1903890W
The Greatest Show on Earth The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dawkins Britain's greatest science writer comprehensively rebuts the creationists by pulling together the incontrovertible evidence for evolution. Charles Darwin's masterpiece, _On the Origin of Species_, sh… OL1966487W
Monkey Girl Monkey Girl Edward Humes What should we teach our children about where we come from?Is evolution good science? Is it a lie? Is it incompatible with faith?Did Charles Darwin really say man came from monkeys? Have scientists r… OL1976923W
Mere creation Mere creation William A. Dembski A Movement has Emerged among scholars exploring the possibility of intelligent design as an explanatory theory in scientific descriptions of the universe. As Michael Behe has proposed in his landmark… OL20942919W
Clearly seen Clearly seen Randy J. Guliuzza 63 p. : 28 cm OL23267420W
Intelligent faith Intelligent faith John MacDonald Smith,John Quenby "The year 2009 is the Anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th publication of his book on The Origin of Species. The ideas which Darwin stimulated lie at the heart of our understandin… OL27711637W
Debating Darwin's doubt Debating Darwin's doubt David Klinghoffer In 2013 Stephen Meyer's book Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design became a national bestseller, provoking a wide-ranging debate about the adequacy o… OL27711697W
Faith, reason & earth history Faith, reason & earth history Leonard Brand Faith, Reason, and Earth History presents Leonard Brand's argument for constructive thinking about origins and earth history in the context of Scripture, showing readers how to analyze available scie… OL3338097W
The Cosmic Landscape The Cosmic Landscape Leonard Susskind In his first book ever, the father of string theory reinvents the world's concept of the known universe and man's unique place within it. Line drawings. OL5827351W
Signature in the cell Signature in the cell Stephen C. Meyer This book presents a compelling new case for Intelligent Design based on revolutionary discoveries in science. Intelligent Design -- the idea that an intelligent cause, rather than an undirected proc… OL9239683W