Q&A Darwin ...off the Record - Softcover

Peter J. Bowler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907486615 ISBN 13: 9781907486616

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Darwin is one of the most controversial scientists of all time his 1859 book on the origin of species, written after a 5-year evidence-gathering voyage on hms beagle, with a famous stopover in the galapagos, persuaded scientists that they had to take seriously the claim that all living things have evolved by natural causes from previously existing types moreover, he proposed the mechanism of natural selection, in which populations change according to trial and error the theory renders the genesis story of creation, and indeed the whole idea of a wise and benevolent designer, questionable there seems to be little room here for the immortal soul or transcendent moral values whilst materialists and atheists welcome this liberation from the shackles of ancient superstition, some religious believers accuse darwin of teaching us to behave like animals and thereby undermining the moral foundations of society we are still living with - and arguing about - the consequences of darwins commitment

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About the Author

Peter J. Bowler Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Queen's University, Belfast, and author of many publications including Evolution: The History of an Idea (2009) and Charles Darwin: The Man and his Influence (1996). Foreword by Richard Dawkins Evolutionary biologist, television presenter and popular science writer, author of nine books, including the international bestsellers: The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype and The God Delusion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1907486615
• ISBN 13: 9781907486616
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English