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EnglishEvenRichardDawkinsandStephenJayGould,whileextollingtheDisplayingCoyneWhyEvolutionIsTrue(Oxford,)pdfLanguageInthefirstchapter, Coynediscussesthebasicconceptualframeworkofevolution,andclarifiesthecommonmisconceptionsabouthowthescienceworks,andthecreationistmisuse oftheJerryCoyneisaprofessorintheDepartmentofEcologyandEvolutionattheUniversityofChicagoJerryCoyneisawidelyrespectedevolutionarybiologist whohasbeenProfessorofEcologyCoyne'sworkhasbeenpublishedinscientificjournalsaswellasTheNewYorkTimesandTheNewRepublicxx,pcm VikingPenguin:NewYork,,pp,US$,ISBNWhyevolutionismorethanjustatheory:itisafactInallthecurrenthighlypublicizeddebatesaboutcreationismand itsdescendant"intelligentdesign,"thereisanelementofthecontroversythatisrarelymentioned-theevidence,theempiricaltruthofevolutionbynaturalselection Presentsthemanythreadsofmodernworkingenetics,paleontology,geology,molecularbiology,andanatomythatdemonstratetheindeliblestampofthe evolutionaryprocessesfirstproposedbyDarwin.HeisknownforhisoppositiontothecreationisttheoryofCoyneidentifiessixcomponentsofmodern evolutionarytheory:evolution,gradualism,speciation,commonancestry,naturalselection,andnonselectivemechanismsTheverylatestresearchisuncoveringa streamofevidencerevealingevolutioninactionfromtheactualobservationofaspeciessplittingintotwo,tonewfossildiscoveries,totheIncrisp,lucidprose accessibletoawideaudience,WhyEvolutionIsTruedispelscommonmisunderstandingsandfearsaboutevolutionandclearlyconfirmsthatthisamazingdelivered muchmorethanthelatestvolleyinour‘culturewar’;hehasgivenusanutterlyfascinating,lucid,andbeautifullywrittenaccountofourplaceinthenaturalworWhy EvolutionaryPsychologyis“True”AreviewofJerryCoyne,WhyEvolutionisTrueFromthevasttroveofevidenceofevolutionscientistshavegathered,Coyne hascarefullyselectedsomeofthemoststrikingexamplesandexplainedthemwithequalpartsgraceandauthorityWhyEvolutionIsTrueweavestogetherthe manythreadsofmodernworkingenetics,paleontology,geology,molecularbiology,andanatomythatdemonstratethe"indeliblestamp"oftheprocessesCoyne looksatWilliamPaley’soldargumentforintelligentdesign(ID)andtellshowDarwindisposedofitusingevolutionandnaturalselectionJerryACoyne:Why EvolutionisTrueItisdifficulttooverstateCoyne’ssuccessinmeetingthisgoalInWhyEvolutionisTrue(WEIT),heundertakesadauntingtask:toprovidea thoroughyetconciseandreadableaccountoftheevidenceinsupportofevolutionCoyneidentifiessixcomponentsofmodernevolutionarytheory:evolution, gradualism,speciation,commonancestry,naturalselection,andnonselectivemechanisms(geneticdrift)JerryCoyne'snewbook,WhyEvolutionisTrue,doesa beautifuljobofcoveringnearlyallthebasesinasuccinctbutenjoyableandgentlypersuasivefashionIncludesbibliographicalreferences(p)andindexEvolutionis thefoundationofmodernbiology,andinWhyEvolutionIsTrue,JerryCoynemasterfullyexplainswhyRonGood,Science&Education

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