By Francisco J. Ayala
ISBN-10: 0801899389
ISBN-13: 9780801899386
Regardless of the continued cultural controversy in the United States, evolution continues to be a cornerstone of technological know-how. during this e-book, Francisco J. Ayala—an evolutionary biologist, member of the nationwide Academy of Sciences, and winner of the nationwide Medal of technological know-how and the Templeton Prize—cuts to the chase in a bold try to deal with, in nontechnical language, six perennial questions on evolution:
• Am I a Monkey?
• Why Is Evolution a Theory?
• what's DNA?
• Do All Scientists settle for Evolution?
• How Did existence Begin?
• Can One think in Evolution and God?
This to-the-point booklet solutions every one of those questions with strength. Ayala's sometimes biting essays refuse to lend credence to disingenuous principles and arguments. He lays out the elemental technology that underlies evolutionary conception, explains how the method works, and soundly makes the case for why evolution isn't a risk to religion.
Brief, incisive, topical, authoritative, Am I a Monkey? will take you an afternoon to learn and a life-time to ponder.
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The three decadal surveys represent the community consensus that emerged from extensive consultations with, and deliberations among, hundreds of individuals in the respective communities. The committee believes strongly that this consensus is compelling. Thus, it is an exercise in due diligence to require that the science objectives and high-priority missions within those surveys retain their priority unless new scientific priorities have emerged with community-wide consensus in the time since the decadal surveys were completed.
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