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The New York Times best seller by the host of Bill Nye the Science Guy, with a brand new chapter for the paperback edition!"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found."-Bill NyeSparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, he explains why race does not really exist; evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food; reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway; takes a stroll through 4.5 billion years of time; and explores the new search for alien life, including aliens right here on Earth.With infectious enthusiasm, Bill Nye shows that evolution is much more than a rebuttal to creationism; it is an essential way to understand how nature works-and to change the world. It might also help you get a date on a Saturday night.
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (September 8, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250074223
ISBN-13: 978-1250074225
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye"Undeniable" is in outstanding book in defense of science and the grand theory of evolution. It's a love of science and his quest to spread awareness of the ways evolution impacts our lives and what is at stake for all of us. Mechanical engineer, science educator, and Emmy award-winning TV personality Bill Nye the Science Guy provides readers with a gem. This enjoyable 320-page book includes thirty-seven chapters that cover a wide-range of topics pertaining to evolution.Positives:1. Entertaining, well-written and well-researched book for the masses.2. A great topic, the grand theory of evolution and how it shapes our lives.3. A charming and engaging tone throughout.4. This book oozes of love for science and the admiration for one of the greatest theories ever devised. "Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. It describes all of life on Earth."5. Bill Nye is an educator at heart and he is concerned for the well-being of our planet. This sentiment shines through clearly as the following statement illustrates when discussing the attack on reason. "This attack on reason is an attack on all of us. Children who accept this ludicrous perspective will find themselves opposed to progress. They will become society's burdens rather than its producers, a prospect that I find very troubling."6. Debunks many lies portrayed by creationists, like the second law of thermodynamics. "The Second Law applies only to closed systems, like a cylinder in a car engine, and Earth is not even remotely a closed system. Transfers of matter and energy are constantly taking place.
Pros: VERY easy to read. Written and perhaps a sixth grade level. Nye is friendly and likable. Hats off to his editor who did a great job.Cons: Seems unable to resist taking repeated swipes at Ken Ham and Creationists, as though that's the only group of people in the world who take issue with various aspects of Darwinism. Makes misleading caricatures of evolution skeptics. Perhaps one shouldn't expect any different.However the real problem with this is book is that Nye's version of evolution pretends as though the last 30 years of microbiology simply never happened at all. The version of evolution he espouses in this book has been obsolete for at least ten years.He has a chapter about Lamarck in which he criticizes the 19th century scientist for being wrong about progeny inheriting acquired characteristics from their parents - but he only mentions epigenetics once and he never informs the reader that epigenetics has now vindicated Lamarck! (Look it up.)Either 1) he doesn't know this, or 2) he belongs to the group of old-school Neo-Darwinists who are still holding out, hoping epigenetics will somehow go away. (Dawkins in his book disdains epigenetics, claiming that it's merely enjoying "15 minutes of fame.")To Nye's credit, he does not advocate the now-dead Junk DNA theory. (On the other hand, neither does he point out that the Junk DNA theory has been overturned. No mention of the ENCODE project.)He says evolutionary mutations come from "imperfect copying of the DNA strand." We now know this is false, and that evolutionary mutations are changes induced by the cell itself in response to signals from the environment.There is no mention of the amazing error checking and error correction systems in cells.
I was born into the Jehovah's Witness religion. I had twenty-nine brain washing indoctrinating years until one day I woke up and somehow saw "the matrix" for what it was and started thinking rationally while questioning the religions references and methods. I finally came to the realization that my religion was a cult. I am now thirty-four years old. In the short time that I have walked away from that "Faith", I decided to go to college and pursue degrees in things that always interested me. In a short sporadic 2.5 years, I attained an Associate's and Bachelor's degree while raising a family. This is a big no-no in that religion. Jehovah's Witnesses look down on education and even though they don't say you can't go to college, every time it is brought up it is in a bad light and described as a worldly place where bad association exists. College is for lovers of money and the greedy. Some go for two years for a technical degree which is almost shameful to other members.....if you go for four years...OH MY, you are never coming back!Jehovah's Witness are taught to believe that EVERYTHING in the bible is to be taken literally. They even have their own book promoting Creationism titled, "Life--How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?" The liberties, lies, and misquotes the religion took when writing this book are mind baffling. Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Darwin and many more were grossly misinterpreted many times to make the organizations case for creationism look correct. All it takes is a quick google search to find the references to these atrocities.In the time I have been out of organized religion, I have opened my mind and have been trying to seek answers that do not rely on faith but on concrete evidence.
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