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Creation and Evolution

Energion.com Book Review of Faith, Form and Time

Energion Bookshelf Review of Two Books on Evolution: What Evolution IS, and Evolution: The triumph of an idea

Mayr, Ernst. What Evolution Is. New York: Basic Books, 2001. ISBN 0-465-04426-3 (paperback). 318 pages.

Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins Books, 2001. 364 pages.

Energion.com Review of Finding Darwin's God
This is probably the best single book I have read on the topic of God and evolution. I strongly recommend it for all those, especially Christians, involved in the creation-evolution controversy in any way.

Energion Bookshelf Review of Darwinism under the Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points to Divine Design.

Back to Darwin: The Scientific Case for Deistic Evolution
A book essentially consisting of an argument from design for the existence of God by M. A. Corey. There is a great deal of scientific argumentation, but I did not see that it expanded a great deal on the basic argument.

The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Notes on this textbook written for the nonspecialist.

Is God a Creationist?
A collection of excellent essays by religious figures on creationism, edited by Roland Mushat Frye.

Wonderful Life
A delightful book challenging some concepts of history using the Burgess Shale as a case study, by Dr. Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard University.

What is Creation Science?
A negative review examining the logic of this book on the so-called creation science.

Science and Creationism
A brief review and extended summary of the individual essays in the collection edited by Ashley Montagu. This is a very useful collection of essays.

The Blind Watchmaker
This is a clear and interesting discussion of evolution and design by Dr. Richard Dawkins. An excellent read.

The Panda's Thumb
Another collection of essays by Dr. Stephen Jay Gould, well worth your reading time.

At the Water's Edge
A journalist of science talks about macroevolution, and the movement from water to land and then from land to water again. Engaging, though a bit chatty.

General Science

The Mismeasure of Man
A brief review and strong favorable recommendation of this book on intelligence, heritability and measurement by Dr. Stephen Jay Gould.

How to Lie with Statistics
A presentation of the errors to which statistics are prone, and to which advocates of various positions might subject their numbers.

The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan argues for rigorous science as opposed to pseudoscience. Another excellent read.

Selected Authors in Science

Stephen Jay Gould

Michael Behe

Kenneth Miller

Richard Dawkins

Carl Sagan