Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact
In all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant "intelligent design," there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence , the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection. Even Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, while extolling the beauty of evolution and examining case studies, have not focused on the evidence itself. Yet the proof is vast, varied, and magnificent, drawn from many different fields of science. Scientists are observing species splitting into two and are finding more and more fossils capturing change in the past-dinosaurs that have sprouted feathers, fish that have grown limbs.
Why Evolution Is True weaves together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the "indelible stamp" of the processes first proposed by Darwin. In crisp, lucid prose accessible to a wide audience, Why Evolution Is True dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms that this amazing process of change has been firmly established as a scientific truth.
Jerry A. Coyne has been a professor at the University of Chicago in the department of ecology and evolution for twenty years. He specializes in evolutionary genetics and works predominantly on the origin of new species. He is a regular contributor to The New Republic, the Times Literary Supplement, and other publications.
其实达尔文无需公众相信。达尔文他是个搞科学的,而一切科学理论都是有限的:在有限的时间范围之内,在一定的适用范围之内,我们共同承认某种科学理论是 True 滴断言,翻译过来也可以说“要相信”这种理论。可是,超出一定范围,一种真理就可能变成谬误,比如伟大光荣正确的牛...
评分一年前的书评,贴过来。 《为什么要相信达尔文》(叶盛译,科学出版社,2009年。原书名为Why Evolution is True,直译是“为什么演化论是真的”)是美国著名演化生物学家杰里·科因(Jerry A. Coyne)的近著,该书从生命科学的各个领域收集最新的研究成果,雄辩地证明了达尔文...
评分大家好!我是本书的译者叶盛。应编辑的建议,在这里贴出译后记,希望能引起更多人的兴趣。有问题,欢迎一起讨论,共同提高。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 书终于译完了,感慨良多,不免想要写下来与读者们分享。动笔之前,我决定去厨房给自己冲一杯咖啡。恰巧房...
评分花一天多时间读完了科因的《为什么要相信达尔文》。 其实原书标题是“为什么进化是真实的?”,现在这个译名也许在市场营销上好一点,但也有差强人意。 至少我比较倾向于达尔文进化论不是进化论的全部,这还不仅仅指达尔文进化论需要补充大量的现代生物进化论的内容,而是生物...
评分读这本书花了差10天2个月,初六看完,不知道算是多少天。很赞的书,刨除那些深层次的原因,它首先是本有趣的书,这里举几个小例子,勾勾大家的兴趣: 1.为什么我们害怕的时候会起鸡皮疙瘩?我们知道猫和狗在紧张的时候可以将浑身的毛竖起来,这是因为他们有立毛肌...
不了解译本(但名字我认为就翻译得不妥),看的原著,觉得写得非常系统,语言也很好懂,不需要太高英语阅读水平。非常不错的科普读物,深入浅出,里面关于进化论的切入点与很多这类型的书籍不太一样,令人眼前一亮。看完以后让我更加觉得生命如同史诗一样壮丽。五星好评。然后就是想说,这是大众读物呀,不是学术著作。
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