Michael Denton
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Michael J. Denton is the Senior Research Fellow in Human Molecular Genetics at the University of Otago in New Zealand, where he has been since 1990. He received his medical degree from Bristol University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in developmental biology from the prestigious Kings College, London, in 1974. Since 1984 his main research interest has been the genetics of human retinal disease. He had written or co-authored over seventy articles in professional journals and is the author of two books challenging Darwinian evolution. Evolution: A Theory in Crises (1984) and Nature's Destiny: How The Laws Of Biology Reveal Purpose In The Universe (1998). Denton, an agnostic,[1] was formerly a Senior Fellow with the Discovery Institute.
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Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis is a well-illustrated and referenced work. With remarkable clarity the author, an Australian medical doctor and biologist, documents why Darwinian theory of evolution is in serious trouble. Interesting chapters are devoted to such topics as homology, the fossil evidence, the origin of life and cladistics. Most important of all, the discussion of the latest discoveries of molecular biologists, of whom Michael Denton is one, shakes the very roots of orthodox Darwinism by showing that nature, in sum, appears to be profoundly discontinuous.
Nature's Destiny
In his second book challenging Darwinist ideology, Nature's Destiny, Denton examines evidence from physics, geology, biology, chemistry and information theory to show that "the cosmos is uniquely fit for life as it exists on earth and for organisms of design and biology very similar to our own species". He also puts forth the thesis that the laws of nature are fine-tuned to enable life's becoming. Denton argues in favor of the teleological view that life and mankind are the goals to which the universe is ordered.
References and notes
- ↑ Denton is a self-identified agnostic. In 1986 he described himself as an agnostic to a Sydney newspaper reporter.
Bibliography
- Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Michael Denton, 1985, ISBN 091756152X
- Nature's Destiny, Michael Denton, 1998, ISBN 0743237625
External links
- ISCID chat w/ Michael Denton (2003)
- An Interview With Michael Denton @ ARN
