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Darwin's Doubt

The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

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When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock.

In Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life—a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but because scientists have learned more about what it takes to construct an animal. During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information—stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells—to building animal forms.

Expanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer argues that the origin of this information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.

 Astronomy & Space Science Biological Sciences Biology Cosmology Evolution Evolution & Genetics Science Natural History Paleontology Mystery Fiction Intelligent Design
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This book is a masterpiece. A truly lucid, incredibly broad view of the case for design in life, which describes honestly and in detail the shocking inadequacies of the current Darwinian model and the irrationality of a scientific orthodoxy too dogmatic to accept the evidence being thrown up. In generations to come, after scientific materialism has been thrown out for it's now glaring failures, this book and a handful of others will be seen as cornerstones of a real intellectual revolution. An absolute must read.

The cornerstone of an intellectual revolution.

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This book goes into great biological and scientific details... It is a must listen to anyone interested in the subject... Highly recommend intelligent audio book !

A Must Listen For Anyone!

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A very smart book but a little difficult to follow for the less initiated. I prefer the Discovery institute youtube as the information there is a lot more easily digestible. If your looking for a massive bank of information on the cambrian explosion look no further, but it was to much for my needs and a little over specific. I expected various subjects to be covered but it is almost exclusively about the fossil record. I should have known really by the title.

Go to Stephen's youtube as well

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Presents a compelling, detailed and carefully documented account of the numerous failures of neo-Darwinism as a credible hypothesis to account for the complexities of life. It should convince even Richard Dawkins! For such a subject It is a surprisingly gripping read and the author does an excellent job of explaining in everyday terms many of the scientific concepts involved. The reader was excellent, so much thoroughly involved with the message of the book that I had assumed it was Myers himself and only discovered his identity at the end. A wonderful well presented book indeed.

Captivating and Convincing!

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A great read and a solid argument based of undeniable facts. It's well put together fully covering all the evidence and theories that try to explain it with a logical and scientific approach

A very comprehensive book

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