EVOLUTION'S HAND
Searching for the Creator in Contemporary Science
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EVOLUTION'S HANDSearching for the Creator in Contemporary Science
John Cafferky |
| What inspired the book? During his eight years as a geologist on the ancient Archaean rocks of the Canadian Shield, John Cafferky was struck by the problems that the turbulent Archaean period of geological history present for scientific explanations of the origin of life. His experience inspired Evolution's Hand, a sophisticated and provocative popular introduction to the relationship between science and theology, at the leading edges of the contemporary quest for knowledge. |
Searching for the Creator "The concept of the spontaneous origin of life," Cafferky writes, "finally leads us into a strange garden, where the laws of science appear to break down." In the very end, contemporary science is confronted by two "imponderable questions... what caused the big band and what is responsible for the origin of life?" The key problem for science today, Cafferky believes, is not explaining the universe, but explaining how the science that humankind has created can explain the universe so well. This leads him to argue that the process of biological evolution which has created thinking human beings is an intelligent process, ultimately rooted in a living Creator or 'Mind' of the universe. |
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JOHN CAFFERKY holds three degrees from Trinity College, Dublin. He spent eight years as chief geolist at the Agnico Eagle Mines, Joutel site, in northwestern Quebec, and currently teaches mathematics in Toronto. He has a decided knack for writing about science in a broad way -- plugged-in, well informed, and addressed to a general audience. Evolution's Hand drives right down the middle of the current debate between 'creationism' and 'Darwinism'. Agree with him or not, you are bound to be stimulated and intrigued. |
| Book Overview | Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three |
| Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven |
ORDERS
To order your copy of Evolution's Hand: Searching for the Creator in Contemporary Science,
please contact Bridjette O'Shea, East End Books at venturepress@sympatico.ca.
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Last updated September 12, 1997
