Free Press Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution

This book is very good, and so I give it full rating in whatever system being used. There is no superstition here nor invoking of religion, just looking hard at the evidence with a scientific eye.I appreciated the introduction to the complexities of systems at the molecular level that this biochemist knows and so he then explained clearly and made accessible to the layman. He made great use of metaphors to explain concepts in terms of real life examples. He also has a sense of humor too - not a dry book at all!His elucidation of the theory of intelligent design is very well thought out. His arguments and presentation of the data is so good that it is no wonder everyone who hates his book because it challenges their dogma has not really tried to refute anything in it, but instead resort to mainly hit pieces that attack made up straw man arguments of things Behe never said, instead of directly and clearly arguing against things he actually wrote about (and it has been 23 years now since the first version came out).Since science has advanced in these past years he has recently released a new book which should also be a good read: Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution. I think I will also get one of his previous books that I have heard is worthwhile follow up: The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism.I have to say I really enjoy such clearly written, rational, logical books as these that are really scientific in the sense they look at the facts as clearly as possible and use that to formulate a reasonable theory. I am not impressed with theories of our origin that do not answer most questions, and rely on mostly rhetoric and wishful thinking.There have been plenty of people who have very reasonably pointed out flaws, unanswered questions, and great improbabilities in the Darwinian theory of evolution that asserts life came into being in a gradual step by step process of random mutations over a very long period of time and so I have been skeptical about it before reading this book. Now this book gives me even more reasons to suspect neo-Darwinist theories are never going figure out the origin of life, despite promises and bluster. Science needs something better.

This is a great book, I’ve owned and given away several copies, you won’t be disappointed unless your mind is already shut off to one side of this argument. Wrote that headline simply because last copy I received was not printed/bound corrrctly and a whole chunk at the back was inserted upside down. Sent it back, instant replacement so great service but watch this doesn’t catch you too. Inspect your book if you buy it!

Love it! If you're interesting in finding out the actually mathematically possibility of evolution getting a grip on life and whipping it up into shape to create conscious sentient beings like ourselves then this book is for you. Conclusion.. Theres probably more chance in Katie Price getting her boobs removed than this miracle of life to happen by accident. All praise to the most high!

To dip into rather than read as a entire work. Compelling arguments based in deep understanding of bio-chemistry and genetics.

Excellent read