{"product_id":"why-darwin-matters-the-case-against-intelligent-design","title":"Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Shermer is savage about the shortcomings of intelligent design\u003cbr\u003eand eloquent about the spirituality of science . . . An invaluable primer.\"\u003cbr\u003e―Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and intelligent-design campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Why Darwin Matters, bestselling author Michael Shermer decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not \"just a theory\" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShermer, once an evangelical Christian and a creationist, argues that intelligent-design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He refutes their pseudoscientific arguments and then demonstrates why conservatives and people of faith can and should embrace evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCutting the politics away from the facts, Why Darwin Matters is an incisive examination of what is at stake in the debate over evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Shermer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067400372393,"sku":"9780805083064","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780805083064.jpg?v=1778380783","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/why-darwin-matters-the-case-against-intelligent-design","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}