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INTELLIGENT THOUGHT --- SCIENCE VS. THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN MOVEMENT
by John Brockman. Vintage Books/Random House, Inc., 2006

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INTRODUCTION (pix-xii)


John Brockman



1) Intelligent Design --- the faith that dare not speak its name (p3-23)


Jerry A. Coyne


2) The good fight (p24-32)


Leonard Susskind

3) The hoax of Intelligent Design and how it was perpetrated (p33-49)


Daniel C. Dennett

4) Consciousness --- the Achilles heel of Darwinism? Thank God, not quite! (p50-64)


Nicholas Humphrey

5) Human evolution --- the evidence (p65-81)


Tim D. White

6) The "Great" transition (p82-91)


Neil H. Shubin

7) Intelligent aliens (p92-106)


Richard Dawkins

8) Why Darwin rejected Intelligent Design (p107-125)


Frank J. Sulloway

9) Unintelligent Design (p126-141)


Scott Atran

10) Evolution and ethics (p142-152)


Steven Pinker



11) Darwinism all the way down (p153-168)


Lee Smolin



12) Intelligent Design --- science or not? (p169-178)


Stuart A. Kauffman

13) How smart is the universe? (p179-191)


Seth Lloyd

14) Designing words (p192-204)


Lisa Randall

15) Parental guidance required (p205-215)


Marc D. Hauser

16) Evoliteracy (p216-231)


Scott D. Sampson


APPENDIX (p233-256)

OTHER BOOKS EDITED BY JOHN BROCKMAN


[1] Curious Minds --- How a Child Becomes a Scientist


Collected essays of 27 scientists who have written about what it was that sent them on the path of becoming a scientist


[2] The Next Fifty Years --- Science in the First Half of the 21st Century


This book of essays by scientists explores the practical possibilities of the near future and also the social and political ramifications of the developments of the fascinating world to come based on more scientific discoveries



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