Book Recommendation: Proof of Evolution

[Mindlab Expositor]

Please recommend a book that offers the best evidence for evolution.

Thanks.

 

[Keith&Co.]

You know, science doesn't really do 'proof,' right?

 

[Bomb#20]

Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker" is quite good.

 

[bigfield]

Please recommend a book that offers the best evidence for evolution.

Thanks.

Not a book, but the Wikipedia page for  Evidence_of_common_descent provides a extensive and well-organised list of evidence.

 

[Mindlab Expositor]

You know, science doesn't really do 'proof,' right?

Yeah. Several years ago I somehow convinced myself that nothing can be proven absolutely.

 

[Mindlab Expositor]

Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker" is quite good.

How convincing do you think the evidence is in this book?

 

[Mindlab Expositor]

Please recommend a book that offers the best evidence for evolution.

Thanks.

Not a book, but the Wikipedia page for  Evidence_of_common_descent provides a extensive and well-organised list of evidence.

I'll check it out.

 

[sdelsolray]

Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution if True is a decent effort designed for layperson reading.

 

[Mindlab Expositor]

Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution if True is a decent effort designed for layperson reading.

Thanks. I just bought it.

 

[untermensche]

The most comprehensive text I've ever seen is Gould's "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory".

 

[rousseau]

There are many books that will describe evidence for evolution, but basically any book that explains anything about life science is evidence for evolution (you'd need to understand evolution to get that). Anyway, the point is, evolution is true, just accept it, what you really want to do is find a book that helps you understand what evolution is.

 

[Mageth]

TalkOrigins is a great resource:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA202.html

 

[Mindlab Expositor]

Feel free to post more suggestions as I begin Coyne's book. Maybe I will start another tread to discuss what I learn about this subject.

Talk Freethought is a goldmine. Thanks.

 

[Bomb#20]

Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker" is quite good.

How convincing do you think the evidence is in this book?

Its case looks pretty indisputable to me; but then I was never a creationist so what do I know? If you want a book with a proven track record of convincing real live creationists to change their minds, you're not going to do better than "The Origin of Species". But then, Darwin was up against smarter and more reasonable creationists than we are...

 

[bleubird]

The most comprehensive text I've ever seen is Gould's "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory".

You read it?
As much as Gould is/was one of my heros,i could never get past the first hundred pages.

 

[braces_for_impact]

Bill Nye had a new book out called "Undeniable" If memory serves. I haven't read it (yet) but I've heard it's pretty good. I'm actually reading Coynes' book right now, albeit slowly due to time constraints.

 

[Underseer]

Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker" is quite good.

The Blind Watchmaker doesn't really describe the evidence for evolution in very much detail, as that's not the purpose of the book. Dawkins' Greatest Show on Earth was written specifically for that purpose and does a much better job of it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Show-Earth-Evolution/dp/1416594795

 

[bilby]

How convincing do you think the evidence is in this book?

Its case looks pretty indisputable to me; but then I was never a creationist so what do I know? If you want a book with a proven track record of convincing real live creationists to change their minds, you're not going to do better than "The Origin of Species". But then, Darwin was up against smarter and more reasonable creationists than we are...

So true.

In Darwin's day, it was possible to be both knowledgeable about biology, and a creationist.

These days, we are up against:

 

[untermensche]

The most comprehensive text I've ever seen is Gould's "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory".

You read it?
As much as Gould is/was one of my heros,i could never get past the first hundred pages.

I own the book and I've read different chapters throughout it but I haven't read the whole thing.

It's really a text and a reference, not a book many can read cover to cover.

But it elucidates the major topics of Evolutionary Theory comprehensively.

 

[Underseer]

There are many books that will describe evidence for evolution, but basically any book that explains anything about life science is evidence for evolution (you'd need to understand evolution to get that). Anyway, the point is, evolution is true, just accept it, what you really want to do is find a book that helps you understand what evolution is.

There isn't a thing wrong with wanting to know why something is true.