3/5/2005

Lovtrup

Darwinism: The Refutation of a Myth by Soren Lovtrup
This little known work is one of the best critiques of Darwinism ever written. While the Darwin bestseller trade harps the standard line to ensure sales, this work x-rays the subject without compromise. It is regrettable that it should be out of print and available only in large libraries. Tracing the history of evolutionary thinking and the confusions of the debate and the Neo-Darwinist synthesis this is one of the clearest treatments of the issues that covers the technical details with competence and without an agenda. The author was a developmental biologist, which had its share of skeptics on Darwin's theory. This book appeared as the DNA revolution was starting to rediscover this perspective, yet keep the Darwinian twist on the subject. Small wonder the ID people took up the slack, but it didn't have to be that way. The author has no religious agenda.