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Science 19 November 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5444, p. 1484
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1484
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EVOLUTION:
Lingua Franca

A review by Fintan R. Steele

Tower of Babel The Evidence against the New Creationism
Robert T. Pennock
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999. 451 pp. $35. ISBN 0-262-16180-X.

Drawing on a discussion of the evolution of languages, philosopher of science Pennock provides a restrained, patient, and thorough refutation of current creationist positions (including intelligent design and theistic science).
The author is a former Benedictine monk and priest, and the editor of Molecular Therapy, c/o Academic Press, Suite 1900, 525 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101, USA. E-mail: fsteele{at}acad.com

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