From Genesis to Genetics: The Case of Evolution and Creationism

246 Pages·2002·1.87 MB·English

From Genesis to Genetics
From Genesis to Genetics
The Case of Evolution and Creationism
John A. Moore
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
䉷 2002 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Moore, John Alexander, 1915–
From Genesis to genetics : the case of evolution and
creationism / John A. Moore.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0-520-22441-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Evolution (Biology) 2. Creationism. I. Title.
QH367 .M813 2002
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For Susan Wallace Boehmer,
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CONTENTS
List of Figures and Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
1. When Worlds Collide
1
2. Creation according to Genesis
20
3. Creationists Meet Mr. Darwin, 1859
54
4. Making the Case for Evolution
91
5. Twentieth-Century Evidence
116