Summary
Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by
most educated Americans as fact, This easy acceptance, however,
hides the many ways in which evolution--as an idea--shapes our
thinking about a great many things. But what if this idea is wrong?
What if it turned out that the evidence for Darwin's theory is in
tatters and science is hanging on to it only because no other
theory is in prospect? Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson looks
at the evidence for Darwinian evolution the way a lawyer
would--with a cold, dispassionate eye for logic and proof. His
discovery is that scientists have prematurely accepted Darwin's
theory as fact and have been scrambling to find evidence for
it--mostly unsuccessfully. As the evidentiary difficulties have
piled up, they have clung to the theory out of fear of encouraging
religious fundamentalism, and in the process have turned belief in
Darwin into their own religion.--From publisher
description.
