• Darwin's Black Box

  • The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
  • By: Michael J. Behe
  • Narrated by: Marc William
  • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (158 ratings)

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Darwin's Black Box

By: Michael J. Behe
Narrated by: Marc William
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Naming Darwin's Black Box to the National Review's list of the 100 most important nonfiction works of the 20th century, George Gilder wrote that it "overthrows Darwin at the end of the 20th century in the same way that quantum theory overthrew Newton at the beginning".

Discussing the book in the New Yorker in May 2005, H. Allen Orr said of Behe, "He is the most prominent of the small circle of scientists working on intelligent design, and his arguments are by far the best known." From one end of the spectrum to the other, Darwin's Black Box has established itself as the key text in the Intelligent Design movement - the one argument that must be addressed in order to determine whether Darwinian evolution is sufficient to explain life as we know it, or not.

For this edition, Behe has written a major new Afterword tracing the state of the debate in the decade since it began. It is his first major new statement on the subject and will be welcomed by the thousands who wish to continue this intense debate.

©1996 Michael J. Behe (P)2019 Tantor

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well argued

excellent well reasoned arguments based on science. it seems strange how often evolutionist tell story's that are not based on science. they often say it just happened this way...

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very good book by M.Behe

I loved the book. it is written in specific language, but any university student will handle it. at the end of the book author responds to his critics which is valuable addition

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A Fascinating Tour de Force

Behe’s powerful demonstration of the evidence for complexity at the molecular level proves to be too much for many dogma-driven scientists to take on. But the evidence is overwhelming, and Bebe is correct to say that certain areas of molecular biology have a long way to go to explain and demonstrate a strong theory of origins.

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Excelente

Excelente, muy claro y contundente argumento a favor del diseño!! Fascinante mundo el de la química molecular.

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Yeah But Is It Science?

A most enjoyable read for those who have troubles believing Darwin. Michael Behe lays out the scientific basis for intelligent design and pretty well shows that Darwinism has no scientific basis to it except this looks like that so maybe it's the same thing not a very compelling argument. It has a lot of very scientific talk to the book but Michael explains it in a way that makes it very simple to understand and gives you references to look deeper if you so choose. One of the most compelling arguments is the fact that no microbiology textbook reference book or anything else has any references to evolution. That's a strange situation for what is supposed to be the foundation of the beginning of life on this planet.

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classic. and will remain to be one

written in mid 90s it is still relevant. information still accurate, and of course, there are no good rebuttals in print.
you should not outsource your thinking. read it for yourself.
i can't believe it only came out on audible in 2019

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Excellent analysis of intelligent design

This books covers many of the missing components of the Darwinian evolution model. This book covers the microbiology side of the equation. The book “Privileged Planet” covers the macro side…

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Better than The Origin of Species

Where Darwin made huge leaps from astute observations to pure speculation, this guy comes in and provides real science, not just theory.

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INCREDIBLE READ!

This is the BEST description of DNA replication ever done for the general population. i only wish he had been more specific at the end about how there is NO REASON for the many COMPLEX PROCESSES to go awry. Scientists have done an abysmal job...INTENTIONALLY O think...at pursuing the IMPOSSIBILITY of what we see happening at the simplest levels without a CONTROLLER to direct the COMPLEX and INTRICATE process. No one would ever accept a process had happened like this ACCIDENTALLY in any other environment. the insanity of BELIEF in the ACCIDENT of the GAPS FALLACY has become quote laughable now. Excellent attention to detail and FACT!

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A timeless explanation against evolution

This book goes over several examples of irreducibly complex systems and explains why it could not be produced step by step in Darwinian fashion. Although it does go over some complex mechanisms of the cellular world, the general conclusion is easy to grasp and understand.

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