Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
by Jonathan Wells
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Author: Jonathan WellsIllustrator: Jody F. Sjogren
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01
ISBN: 0895262002
Number of pages: 338
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
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Book Review: A Classic Work
Summary: 5 Stars
Icons of Evolution is now a classic and must reading for anyone interested in Darwinism. I have carefully reviewed the reviews looking for mistakes in this book. All books have mistakes but 99 percent of the negative reviews of this book attack the author in some way, some throw out a very personal attack. This is disappointing. As they say if you can not attack the arguments you attack the person. For the record Wells has a PhD from Yale for a thesis on evolutionary history titled Charles Hodge's Critique of Darwinism: An Historical-Critical Analysis of Concepts Basic to the 19th Century Debate, and a PhD in molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley. He started at Princeton where he majored in geology (and, as is not uncommon, became an atheist as a result). Although he was in the top one percent of his class at Princeton, he dropped out to find himself (also a familiar story) and ended up at, surprise, Berkeley. He finished his degree in geology there and added physics and biology majors. He also ended up a radical at Berkeley (not a shock either) and for his stand against the Vietnam war served four months in solitary confinement plus eight months in Leavenworth. The more he studied Darwinism, the more dissatisfied he became with the theory of evolution, and ended up concluding that Darwinism has major holes in it (also not uncommon). This book is one result of his life long research in this area. Wells, aside from some youthful digressions influenced by his peers and radical professors, has since followed the scientific evidence to its logical conclusions. His work has stirred up enormous unprofessional name calling (which unfortunately says a lot about the scientific establishment) but has resulted in no solid arguments against his basic conclusions. If he stayed a Berkeley radical, he would no doubt be a full professor at Harvard by now with 10 best sellers under his belt plus 14 university press books. Instead, he went where his research took him and ended up one of the most disliked kickers in the scientific world. Not to conform carries a big price, especially in science.
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