The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not - Softcover

Winkler, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718894200 ISBN 13: 9780718894207

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 2016

Synopsis

Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway - us, or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer. Dr. Abby Hafer argues that the human body has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. She also points out other animals that got better body parts, which makes the Designer look a bit strange; discusses the history and politics of Intelligent Design and creationism; reveals animals that shouldn't exist according to Intelligent Design; and disposes of the idea of irreducible complexity. Her points are illustrated with pictures (by Alexander Winkler), wit, and erudition.

About this title

About the Author

Abby Hafer has a doctorate in zoology from Oxford University. She is a Senior Lecturer who teaches human anatomy and physiology at Curry College. She gives frequent public lectures on why evolution is scientifically valid and Intelligent Design/Creationism is not.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718894200
• ISBN 13: 9780718894207
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Hafer Abby
• Number of pages: 244