上海交通大学考博英语模拟真题及其解析.pdf

中国考博辅导首选学校 上海交通大学考博英语模拟真题及其解析 Rumorhas itthatmore than20booksoncreationism/evolutionare in the publishers pipelines. A few have already appeared. The goal ofallwill be totrytoexplaintoa confusedandoftenunenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories fortheoriginandevolutionofuniverseandlife.Cosmology,geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improvingaccount ofwhat happened. Scientific creationism,whic is being pushed by some for equal time in the classrooms whenever the scientificaccountsofevolutionaregiven, isbased onreligion,not science. Virtually all scientists and the majority of Geng duo yuan xiao wan zheng kao bo ying yu zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lian xi quan guomian feizixundianhua: silinglingliuliuba liujiuqiba ,huo jiazixunqq:qiqierliuqibawu sanqinon-fundamentalistreligious leadershave cometoregard scientificcreationismasbad scienceand bad religion. The first four chapters of Kitchers book give a very brief introduction to evolution. At appropriate places, he introduces the criticismsofthecreationistsandprovidesanswers.Inthelastthree chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating. He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar wit the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise. When their basic motivation is religious, one might have expected more Christian behavior. 中国考博辅导首选学校 Kitcher is philosopher, and this may account, in part, for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments. The non-specialist will be able to obtain at leasta notion of the sortsof data and argument that support evolutionary theory. The final chapter on the creationists will be extremely clear to all. On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: This b