Debating Darwin's Doubt: A Scientific Controversy that Can No Longer Be Denied

Debating Darwin's Doubt: A Scientific Controversy that Can No Longer Be Denied

In 2013 Stephen Meyer’s book <i>Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design</i> became a national bestseller, provoking a wide-ranging debate about the adequacy of Darwinian theory to explain life’s history. In <i>Debating Darwin’s Doubt: A Scientific Controversy that Can No Longer Be Denied</i>, leading scholars in the intelligent design community respond to critiques of Meyer’s book and show that the core challenge posed by Meyer remains unanswered: Where did the influx of information essential to the creation of new body plans come from? In addition to ten chapters by Stephen Meyer, <i>Debating Darwin’s Doubt</i> also includes contributions from biologists Richard Sternberg, Douglas Axe, and Ann Gauger; philosopher of biology Paul Nelson; mathematicians William Dembski and David Berlinski; and Center for Science and Culture research coordinator Casey Luskin. In forty-four chapters, these contributing authors explore topics such as orphan genes, cladistics, small shelly fossils, protein evolution, the length of the Cambrian explosion, the God-of-the-Gaps objection to intelligent design, and criticisms raised by proponents of theistic evolution. Anyone who wants to understand the cutting-edge of current scientific debates over modern Darwinian theory needs to read this book.