Preface to the Second Edition

Phillip E. Johnson

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Johnson, Phillip E, 1940-

Darwin on trial/Phillip E.Johnson. — 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-8308-1324-1

1. Evolution (Biology) I. Title QH366.2.J65 1993

575—dc20 93-29217

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To those (especially Kathie) who listened and read,

and did their best to help me stay

on the straight and narrow path; and

To those brave souls who asked the hard questions

even when there was never a chance

of getting a straight answer; and

To those in science who want to allow the questions to be asked.

Preface to the Second Edition 1

Chapter One: The Legal Setting 3

Chapter Two: Natural Selection 15

Chapter Three: Mutations Great and Small 32

Chapter Four: The Fossil Problem 45

Chapter Five: The Fact of Evolution 63

Chapter Six: The Vertebrate Sequence 75

Chapter Seven: The Molecular Evidence 88

Chapter Eight: Prebiological Evolution 102

Chapter Nine: The Rules of Science 113

Chapter Ten: Darwinist Religion 125

Chapter Eleven: Darwinist Education 135

Chapter Twelve: Science and Pseudoscience 147

Epilogue: The Book and Its Critics 157

Research Notes 171

Index 214

Preface to the Second Edition

This second edition of Darwin on Trial differs from the first edition only in the following respects:

A new final chapter, "The Book and Its Critics," has been added. I have been very fortunate in that Darwin on Trial has attracted the attention of numerous critics from both the secular and Christian worlds. It gives me great pleasure to have the opportunity of re­sponding to these critics here.

Chapter 5, "The Fact of Evolution," has been expanded to deal with some important aspects of the evidence from embryology.

A footnote in chapter 3 dealing with "polyploidy" has been amended to describe this phenomenon more adequately.

In all other respects the second edition is identical to the first.

Chapter One

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