Darwins Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer
Darwins Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer
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Darwin's Doubt
The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

Author: Stephen C. Meyer

Narrator: Derek Shetterly

Unabridged: 25 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/20/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock.  

In Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life—a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but because scientists have learned more about what it takes to construct an animal. During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information—stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells—to building animal forms.

Expanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer argues that the origin of this information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.

About Stephen C. Meyer

Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in the philosophy of science after working as an oil industry geophysicist. He now directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington. He authored Signature in the Cell, a (London) Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alan on July 28, 2013

The book, 'Darwin's Doubt', by Dr. Stephen C. Meyer is written as a follow-up to his popular book that he released in 2009 titled, 'Signature in the Cell'. As he laid out in the prologue of his book, this book was written as a response to the critics of his first book, which mistakenly judged his fi......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on July 16, 2013

Meyer does an excellent job in explaining his point. It is clear that Neo- Darwinism is a faith system built on the mathematically impossible. That it remains scientific orthodoxy is a testimony to the level of bullying used to keep doubters in line and nothing else......more

Goodreads review by Brian on December 31, 2013

First of all, I have read the entire book. All of it. From reading other "reviews," I can see that not everyone has read the entirety of the book. Second, for a detailed view of this book and Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution Is True, go here: [URL not allowed] In this book, Meyer ad......more

Goodreads review by Timothy on July 13, 2013

This was something of a difficult book to read, as it was incredibly detailed, and the author was definitely not "dumbing it down" at all. It explains, though, one of those scientific conundrums that has plagued the thoughtful for the last 150 years. The particular issue is the explosion of animal l......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on August 01, 2013

Just finished a cover-to-cover, word-for-word reading of DD. Working on a thorough review, to be posted soon. Update: Review series in progress at sciencereasonfaith.com :-)......more