Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
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Periodically a book is catapulted on the scene that commands the attention of all factions in the creation/ evolution debate. Michael Behe's Darwin's Black Box is just such a text. Behe, professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has breathed new life into the design argument and articulated an innovative critique of Darwinism which is as sure to fluster Darwinians, as it is to delight Biblical creationists. As with all of history's gadflies, Behe's apologetic is causing quite a stir. When a rigid practitioner of scientific methodology is accused of heresy by his colleagues, there can be assurance of garnering lots of attention in the public square. Since the book first appeared last year, it is enjoying its eighth printing, has been the object of both praise and excoriation in nearly a hundred reviews, and has been hotly debated on radio shows and the internet.
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