Unintelligent Design: Why God isn't as smart as she thinks she is - Couverture souple

Williams, Robyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1741149231 ISBN 13 : 9781741149234

Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2006

Synopsis

Using all sorts of examples from the natural and scientific world Robyn Williams takes on the stalking monster of fundamentalist religion and creationism in a short, wicked and witty debunk of the nonsense that is intelligent design - a book to infuriate the religious right and amuse the rest of us. Intelligent design has found its way into the headlines, has been spruiked in the Parliament and is now trying to slink into our schools. So where did this wilfully ignorant sibling of creationism and its anti-scientific arguments spring from? And why is it refusing to go away? Using all the richness of the scientific and natural worlds, Robyn Williams takes on the stalking monster in a short, wicked and witty debunk of ID. Why make the earth, the solar system, our galaxy and all the rest, he asks, when the Garden of Eden was all that was needed? And then there's lifespan. During long periods of human history, the life expectancy of men was a mere 22 years and children were lucky to toddle, let alone grow up. Why the waste? And shouldn't we sue God for sinus blockages, hernias, appendix flare-ups and piles, not to mention bad backs? This is a book to infuriate the forces of darkness, and anger and amuse the rest of us.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robyn Williams has presented science programs on ABC radio and television since 1972. He is the first journalist to be elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, was a visiting fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and is a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales. In March 2006, a star in the constellation Catrina was named after him. He is planning a visit.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen & Unwin
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1741149231
• ISBN 13: 9781741149234
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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• Personne responsable: non disponible