Creationism by Graham Richards
A resurgence of fundamentalist religious thinking on both sides of the Atlantic is creating demands for the anti-evolutionist, Bible-based doctrine of Creationism and the less doctrinaire but equally unprovable concept of 'Intelligent Design' (ID) to be taught in the school science curriculum as genuine alternatives to the theory of evolution. The two sides seem to be intractable: Creationists are impervious to scientific reasoning, and scientists rely on attacking them in sterile, materialist terms. While presenting the scientific case against Creationism and ID, Graham Richards argues that these beliefs contain a number of deep conceptual contradictions which their scientific critics have failed to discern. He also finds the physical-science camp guilty of an arrogant and patronizing contempt for religion in general. This book aspires to widen the debate, encouraging both sides to re-appraise their own positions.
Richards, Graham: - Professor Graham Richards has worked with spin-out companies since 1988, when he was involved in founding the University of Oxford's technology transfer company, Isis Innovation Ltd. He went on to be a director of Isis Innovation for 20 years. Graham founded his own spin-out company, Oxford Molecular Ltd, in 1989 and was heavily involved with running this company for 11 years, until it was sold in 2000. He has also been a director of Catalyst Biomedica Ltd and a chairman of IP2IPO Group Plc, which later became the publicly quoted IP Group Plc. He is now a senior non-executive director of that company. In 2008 he retired from Oxford University, where he was Head of the Chemistry Department. He is the author of Spin-Outs: Creating Businesses from University Intellectual Property (Harriman House, 2009) and 50 Years at Oxford (Authorhouse, 2011).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780853190844 |
| ISBN 10 | 0853190844 |
| Title | Creationism |
| Author | Graham Richards |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lindsey Press |
| Year published | 2015-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
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