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The scientist who has been dubbed the "Father of Intelligent Design" and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box , biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin's theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin's mechanism works, weakening the theory's validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution--damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest biological levels. This is important, he makes clear, because it shows the Darwinian process cannot explain the creation of life itself. "A process that so easily tears down sophisticated machinery is not one which will build complex, functional systems," he writes. In addition to disputing the methodology of Darwinism and how it conflicts with the concept of creation, Behe reveals that what makes Intelligent Design unique--and right--is that it acknowledges causation. Evolution proposes that organisms living today are descended with modification from organisms that lived in the distant past. But Intelligent Design goes a step further asking, what caused such astounding changes to take place? What is the reason or mechanism for evolution? For Behe, this is what makes Intelligent Design so important.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062842617
ISBN-139780062842619
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046680896
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Book TitleDarwin Devolves : the New Science about D N a That Challenges Evolution
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicLife Sciences / Molecular Biology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology, Science & Technology
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Science
AuthorMichael J. Behe
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.6 oz.
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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