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Arthur, Wallace.

Creatures of accident :the rise of the animal kingdom /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Creatures of accident :/ Wallace Arthur.
Reminder of title:	the rise of the animal kingdom /
Author:	Arthur, Wallace.
Published:	New York :Hill and Wang, : 2007.,
[NT 15000922]:	1st paperback ed.
Description:	x, 255 p. ;22 cm.;
基督教聖經之智慧書導讀 :	The most important aspect of evolution, from a philosophical viewpoint, is the rise of complex, advanced creatures from simple, primitive ones. This "vertical" dimension of evolution has been downplayed, in large part because it was in the past associated with unsavory political views. This avoidance has, however, left evolutionary biology open to the perception that it deals merely with the diversification of similar creatures, all at the same level of "advancedness," from a common ancestor--for example, the classic case studies of finches with different beaks. The latest incarnation of creationism, dubbed Intelligent Design (or ID), has taken advantage of this. It portrays an evolutionary process that is guided--especially in its upward direction--by the hand of an unseen Creator, to ensure that it ends up producing humans. This book builds a persuasive picture of how "unaided" evolution produces advanced creatures from simple ones by an essentially accidental process.--From publisher description.
Subject:	Mutation (Biology) -
ISBN:	0809037017 (pbk.) :

Creatures of accident :the rise of the animal kingdom /
Arthur, Wallace.

Creatures of accident :the rise of the animal kingdom /Wallace Arthur. - 1st paperback ed. - New York :Hill and Wang,2007. - x, 255 p. ;22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-242) and index.

Hand Luggage Only -- The Biased Buddhist -- Sandcastles and Their Children -- A Deafening Silence -- Cork Prisons -- Building a Castle of Cells -- Dances with Genes -- Life through Time -- The Embryo Wars -- Darwin and his Legacy -- Possible Creatures, Probable Creatures -- Duplicate and Diversify -- The Best Box of All -- From Simple to Complex -- From Complex to Even More Complex -- Acquiring Your Head -- Crossing the Threshold -- Dinosaur Blues -- Beyond Pluto -- Big Questions.

The most important aspect of evolution, from a philosophical viewpoint, is the rise of complex, advanced creatures from simple, primitive ones. This "vertical" dimension of evolution has been downplayed, in large part because it was in the past associated with unsavory political views. This avoidance has, however, left evolutionary biology open to the perception that it deals merely with the diversification of similar creatures, all at the same level of "advancedness," from a common ancestor--for example, the classic case studies of finches with different beaks. The latest incarnation of creationism, dubbed Intelligent Design (or ID), has taken advantage of this. It portrays an evolutionary process that is guided--especially in its upward direction--by the hand of an unseen Creator, to ensure that it ends up producing humans. This book builds a persuasive picture of how "unaided" evolution produces advanced creatures from simple ones by an essentially accidental process.--From publisher description.

ISBN: 0809037017 (pbk.) :NT612Subjects--Topical Terms:

221200
Mutation (Biology)

LC Class. No.: QH375 / .A78 2007

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