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Darwin's House of Cards

A Journalist's Odyssey Through the Darwin Debates

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Darwin's House of Cards

By: Tom Bethell
Narrated by: Matthew McAuliffe
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In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a 19th-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory, investigating controversies over common descent, natural selection, the fossil record, biogeography, information theory, evolutionary psychology, artificial intelligence, and the growing intelligent design movement.

Bethell's account is enriched by his own personal encounters with of some of our era's leading scientists and thinkers, including Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin; British paleontologist Colin Patterson; and renowned philosopher of science Karl Popper.

©2019 Tom Bethell (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Biological Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics History History & Philosophy Philosophy Science Natural History Discovery

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Originally i held the opinion that a good book on science needed to be written by a scientist basing its claims on his own research (yes i know i was shortsighted). Books like these however show me how stitching together other researchers' findings and quotes can make for a very informative listen.

A great trove of quotes

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