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by Andrew J. Petto (Editor), Laurie R. Godfrey (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. (1 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393050904
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393050905
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 4.1 cm
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From leading scientists, lawyers and educators, here is a new and decisive rebuttal to the assault on evolution from proponents of "intelligent design". With the pseudoscience of creationism rising again under the guise of "intelligent design", this powerful collection eviscerates the new assault on evolution and reveals the pervasive and insidious threat posed to genuine science by intelligent design proponents. The sixteen powerful, original essays address two key issues: the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution gathered over 150 years and the dubious underpinnings of creationism; and how society can mount better educational and legal policies to prevent a theological takeover of public and scientific institutions. With creationist arguments forever morphing and reappearing under new aliases, this new confrontation is a ringing and lasting refutation of creationism's fraudulent claims.


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ANDREW J. PETTO is the editor of Reports of the National Center for Science Education and a lecturer in anatomy and physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. LAURIE R. GODFREY is a professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Collection of Papers Discussing the History and Analyzing the Veracity of Creationism, 30 Sep 2008
By John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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"Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism" is an important updated edition of an earlier volume focusing on the history and claims made by "scientific creationists" back in the 1980s. This recently expanded edition, edited by Andrew J. Petto, editor of the Reports of the National Center for Science Education, and Laurie R. Godfrey, the editor of the original edition, takes a long, hard look at the history, scientific claims and educational implications of creationism, especially in its latest, most virulent, flavor, Intelligent Design. This superb tome is subdivided into three parts; the first is a historical and philosophical survey of creationism. The second part explores its most important scientific claims in ample detail. The third section examines creationism from the perspective of trying to understand science, discussing how and why it fails to meet the rigorous self-imposed centuries-old standards of peer-reviewed scientific research. The sixteen contributors include a diverse group of scientists, philosophers, and other educators, including such luminaries as philosopher of science Robert Pennock, geochronologist G. Brent Dalrymple, vertebrate paleobiologist Kevin Padian and historian Ronald Numbers. This is truly an important, exceptional book which deserves a place on the bookshelves of anyone seeking to understand the history and aims of American creationist movements, especially that of Intelligent Design.

The opening section on the history and philosophy of creationism features superlative essays written by Ronald Numbers and National Center for Science Education executive director Eugenie Scott. Numbers' essay starts this section with a terse, but vivid, account of the history of American creationism. Scott follows with an in-depth examination of the Intelligent Design movement itself, emphasizing its recent legal debacle, the 2005 Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District trial. Anthropologist John Cole's concluding essay focuses on the significance of the Discovery Institute's notorious "Wedge Document" as a "blueprint" for inserting Intelligent Design creationism into almost every important facet of American educational and cultural life.

In the book's second section, there are several essays that I found especially useful. Physicist Victor J. Stenger explains creationism's fascination with cosmology, along with a lucid mathematical rebuttal of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow William Dembski's concept of Complex Specified Information. Geochronologist G. Brent Dalrymple's extensive essay on the ages of the universe and the Earth is the most succinct examination of this issue that I've come across, and one I recommend highly to all. Kevin Padian and Kenneth D. Angielczyk's "'Transitional Forms' versus Transitional Features" is an extensive overview of "missing links" in paleontology and their significance in constructing testable hypotheses about degrees of relationship between different species (or higher taxonomic units) as depicted in cladograms. Marine biologist Wesley Elsberry's extensive refutation of Dembski's Explanatory Filter/Design Inference demonstrates how and why this peculiar abuse of flow-chart diagrams and mathematical logic is quite nonsensical; here Elsberrry has demolished effectively the elaborate - if poorly "designed" - "mathematical" argument that Dembski has offered as "proof" of Intelligent Design.

Ending on a powerful note, the final section of "Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism" contains exceptional essays from philosopher Robert Pennock and evolutionary geneticist Norm Johnson. Pennock - whose superb "Tower of Babel" ranks foremost on my required reading list of books on creationism - tears apart the creationist canard of arguing from ignorance - the so-called "God of the Gaps", by asserting that absence of evidence does not automatically imply support of creationism, especially its Intelligent Design variety. Johnson follows with an insightful overview from his perspective of Drosophila genetics research, demonstrating how pioneering work, early in the last century, showed that evolution was indeed a valid scientific theory. The book's editors offer an intriguing, persuasive, closing essay explaining why it is necessary to explain the "controversial" aspects of contemporary evolutionary theory as part of the standard curricula of biology science classrooms.
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5.0 out of 5 stars why anyone interested in science and how it is taught, should read this book, 26 April 2007
By T. P. Jones "Tim Jones" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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Ever since Darwin published his 'Origin of Species' back in 1859, there has been fierce opposition to the idea that mankind could have evolved by means of naturalistic processes, with creationists insisting that the Old Testament accounts given in Genesis are to be taken literally.

During the latter part of the 20th century, there has been a sustained campaign by creationists to have their ideas accepted as science, and to this end, 'Intelligent Design' was invented as a means of trying to get equal status in the science class-rooms of the US and elsewhere. The main thrust of the argument is that because there are many gaps in what we know of evolutionary theory, evolution itself must be wrong, with the only alternative explanation being that we, the Universe and everything in it, must have been designed by a supernatural being, aka God.

This book, as I've mentioned elsewhere, does exactly what it says on the cover; the first section goes through the history of creationist thought, including the various courtroom battles that have ensued, and explains in detail how the people involved have persistently attempted to mis-represent science, as well as coming up with the infamous 'Wedge' strategy.

Part two comprises contributory essays by some of the leading scientists in their fields, including cosmology, geology, biology, mathematics, physics, and of course, human evolution - in each case the creationist argument is considered and shown to be fatally flawed in each case. Each essay is fluid and coherent, and worth reading as separate papers in their own right.

Part 3, 'Understanding Science' takes a more philosophical look at the battle between science and theism, with a concluding chapter from the editors, titled 'Why Teach Evolution?', and should be compulsory reading for anyone concerned not only with how science should be taught in schools, but for anyone with an ongoing interest in freedom of thought and speech - because given the chance, it becomes apparent from reading this book that creationists would gladly do away with both of these two vital facets of what's left of the civilised world.

You don't need to be a scientist to read and appreciate this book, but it's worth taking the time to sit down and read through the entire book carefully and with attention to detail, which in itself is very accessible to anyone with a passing or indeed detailed interest in science. Highly recommended.
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