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Science, Evolution, and Creationism
By One Eyed View | January 3, 2008
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I was interested to learn about a new book released today by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and Institute of Medicine (IOM) called Science, Evolution, and Creationism. Whatever your opinion is on the debate between science and creationism, this book promises to be interesting.
The official press release:
SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM is a book designed to give the public a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the current scientific understanding of evolution and its importance in the science classroom. Recent advances in science and medicine, along with an abundance of observations and experiments over the past 150 years, have reinforced evolution’s role as the central organizing principle of modern biology, said the committee that wrote the book.
“SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM provides the public with coherent explanations and concrete examples of the science of evolution,” said NAS President Ralph Cicerone. “The study of evolution remains one of the most active, robust, and useful fields in science.”
“Understanding evolution is essential to identifying and treating disease,” said Harvey Fineberg, president of IOM. “For example, the SARS virus evolved from an ancestor virus that was discovered by DNA sequencing. Learning about SARS’ genetic similarities and mutations has helped scientists understand how the virus evolved. This kind of knowledge can help us anticipate and contain infections that emerge in the future.”
What do you think about the debate between science and religion?
You can purchase this book here. Some other books that may interest you:
Topics: Book Reviews and News, Public Questions, Science |
January 5th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
sounds like a very worthwhile read
January 10th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Thank you for blogging about this and recommending these books. As a creationist, I found the book recommendations very interesting. Here is what Amazon said about The God Code, something I just learned:
God’s name is literally encoded into every human body. According to Braden’s logic, the basic elements of DNA–hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon–directly translate into specific letters of the Hebrew alphabets (YHVA), which then translate into the original name of God.
Fascinating.