Darwinism and its Discontents
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Author(s): M. Ruse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052182947X
Format: hardback
316pp
Price: £19.99
Review Date: 09 March 2007
Review: Darwin published the Origin of the Species, putting forward his theory of evolution, in 1859. Since then – right up to the present day – the Theory has had many critics and detractors. Here Michael Ruse puts forward all the pros and cons of the arguments, leaving the reader to decide for themselves (although he is on the side of Darwin). In his journey he looks at the origins of life, fossil records, rival theories such as punctuated equilibrium and Intelligent Design, the passage of human evolution, fraud in biological sciences, and even literary, philosophical and religious approaches to evolution.