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Evolution : from copying errors to evolvability / Derek Hough.
Author
Hough, Derek
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Language
English
Published/Created
Brighton : Book Guild, 2007.
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x, 176 pages ; 22 cm
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QH367 .H69 2007
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Evolution (Biology)
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"It is universally acknowledged that Darwin was the father of evolutionary theory and that On the Origin of Species is a great and seminal work. However, the followers of Darwin have not always displayed his open-mindedness and the insistence of neo-Darwinists on the system of natural selection as the only viable mechanism of evolution has rendered the theory vulnerable to attack by Creationism. The weakness in the strictly Darwinian viewpoint is the absence of any satisfactory explanation for the super-abundance of species variety that is everywhere apparent." "Derek Hough's book is an attempt to expose the inherent failings of the theory, as insisted upon by neo-Darwinists, and provide convincing responses to the questions it leaves unanswered and which have led to the emergence of Creationist theories in opposition to objective, scientific approaches to the problem of how and why life is what it is. The author has deliberately aimed his work at the intelligent layman, and it is written with a directness and lucidity that makes it readily accessible to those who lack a scientific training. His conclusions make a straightforward appeal to common sense."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents
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Two major weaknesses of neo-Darwinism
Common-sense introduction to the new theory
The simple arithmetic of life
Geneworld, a computerised genetic algorithm
On the origin of species revisited
Recapitulation and speculation.
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ISBN
9781846241130 ((cased))
1846241138 ((cased))
OCLC
85830131
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