Intelligent Thought

Evolutionaryscienceliesattheheartofamodernunderstandingofthenaturalworld.Darwin’stheoryhaswithstood150yearsofscientificscrutiny,andtodayitnotonlyexplainstheoriginanddesignoflivingthings,buthighlightstheimportanceofascientificunderstandinginourcultureandinourlives.Recentlythemovementknownas“IntelligentDesign”hasattractedtheattentionofjournalists,educators,andlegislators.Thescientificcommunityispuzzledandsaddenedbythistrend–notonlybecauseitdistortsmodernbiology,butalsobecauseitdivertspeoplefromthetrulyfascinatingideasemergingfromtherealscienceofevolution.Here,joinfifteenofourpreeminentthinkerswhoseclear,accessible,andpassionateessaysrevealthefactandpowerofDarwin’stheory,andthebeautyofthescientificquesttounderstandourworld.