The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism. (Book Reviews).(Review)

From: The Ohio Journal of Science | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: Edinger, Steve | Copyright information

The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism. Niles Eldredge. 2000. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. 223 p. $24.95 hardcover (ISBN: 0-7167-3638-1), $14.95 paperback (due out July 2001).

You might wonder why such a book needs to be written, particularly when the title says it all in terms of science: Evolution is a successful, flourishing theory; creationism fails in every measure of science. What more need be said? But creationism's political power and pop...

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