Am I a Monkey?: Six Big Questions about Evolution - Tapa dura

"Am I a Monkey? is a strongly recommended read for science collections with plenty of food for thought."

"Ayala presents an accessible introduction to Darwin's theory."

"Clear, concise, and written in an engaging style."

"The book is well-written, accurate, and concise. It is accessible and easy to digest. I suspect that it will, in the long run, play a larger role in promoting the acceptance of evolution."

"This book will be widely welcomed and frequently recommended."

"This book is useful for anyone interested in evolution. It is a handy pocket-sized explanation of a theory, useful for evolutionary scholars to explain the fundamentals and not get lost in their particular areas of interest, useful for college (possibly even high school) teachers to provide a foundation of evolutionary theory, and is topical enough to pull in readers of all disciplines."

"Professor Ayala has written an important book―a lucid account of evolutionary theory and related topics, which reviews the overwhelming evidence that establishes evolution as an incontrovertible fact, and which then goes on to offer some convincing reasons why people of faith need not regard the theory of evolution as an enemy or an obstacle to their religious beliefs."

Despite the ongoing cultural controversy in America, evolution remains a cornerstone of science. In this book, Francisco J. Ayala―an evolutionary biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and winner of the National Medal of Science and the Templeton Prize―cuts to the chase in a daring attempt to address, in nontechnical language, six perennial questions about evolution:

· Am I a Monkey?
· Why Is Evolution a Theory?
· What Is DNA?
· Do All Scientists Accept Evolution?
· How Did Life Begin?
· Can One Believe in Evolution and God?

This to-the-point book answers each of these questions with force. Ayala's occasionally biting essays refuse to lend credence to disingenuous ideas and arguments. He lays out the basic science that underlies evolutionary theory, explains how the process works, and soundly makes the case for why evolution is not a threat to religion.

Brief, incisive, topical, authoritative, Am I a Monkey? will take you a day to read and a lifetime to ponder.