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Icons of Evolution is a book by Jonathan Wells, an intelligent design advocate and fellow of the Discovery Institute, which also includes a 2002 video companion. In the book, Wells criticized the paradigm of evolution by attacking how it is taught. Read More..

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Description	Icons of Evolution is a book by Jonathan Wells, an intelligent design advocate and fellow of the Discovery Institute, which also includes a 2002 video companion. In the book, Wells criticized the paradigm of evolution by attacking how it is taught. Icons of Evolution? Alan D. Gishlick. National Center for Science Education In 2000, Wells summarized the book's contents in an article in the American Spectator. Survival of the Fakest, Jonathan Wells, 2000 (A reprint from the American Spectator) Several of the scientists whose work is sourced in the book have written rebuttals to Wells, stating that they were quoted out of context, that their work has been misrepresented, or that it does not imply Wells' conclusions.Quoting Dr Bruce Grant, Professor of Biology at College of William and Mary: in Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross. Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. 2004, page 111Quoting Dr. Jerry Coyne, Professor of Biology at University of Chicago: Letter to the editor Jerry Coyne. Pratt Tribune. December 2000. Also available from the Pratt Tribune's pay archive.Some in the scientific community have criticized the book and regard it as pseudoscientific. It was criticised for its claims that schoolchildren are deliberately misled, and its conclusions as to the evidential status of the theory of evolution, which is considered by scientists to be the central unifying paradigm of biology. Kevin Padian and Alan D. Gishlick wrote a review in Quarterly Review of Biology which said: "In our view, regardless of Wells’s religious or philosophical background, his Icons of Evolution can scarcely be considered a work of scholarly integrity."Gishlick wrote a more detailed critique for the National Center for Science Education in his article "Icon of Evolution? Why much of what Jonathan Wells writes about evolution is wrong." Icon of Evolution? Why much of what Jonathan Wells writes about evolution is wrong by Alan D. Gishlick ( PDF here) Nick Matzke reviewed Wells' work in the talk.origins article Icon of Obfuscation, Icon of Obfuscation: Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong by Nick Matzke. TalkOrigins Archive and Wells responded with A Response to Published Reviews (2002). A Response to Published Reviews by Jonathan Wells, 2002
Description	Icons of Evolution is a book by Jonathan Wells, an intelligent design advocate and fellow of the Discovery Institute, which also includes a 2002 video companion. In the book, Wells criticized the paradigm of evolution by attacking how it is taught. Icons of Evolution? Alan D. Gishlick. National Center for Science Education In 2000, Wells summarized the book's contents in an article in the American Spectator. Survival of the Fakest, Jonathan Wells, 2000 (A reprint from the American Spectator) Several of the scientists whose work is sourced in the book have written rebuttals to Wells, stating that they were quoted out of context, that their work has been misrepresented, or that it does not imply Wells' conclusions.Quoting Dr Bruce Grant, Professor of Biology at College of William and Mary: in Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross. Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. 2004, page 111Quoting Dr. Jerry Coyne, Professor of Biology at University of Chicago: Letter to the editor Jerry Coyne. Pratt Tribune. December 2000. Also available from the Pratt Tribune's pay archive.Some in the scientific community have criticized the book and regard it as pseudoscientific. It was criticised for its claims that schoolchildren are deliberately misled, and its conclusions as to the evidential status of the theory of evolution, which is considered by scientists to be the central unifying paradigm of biology. Kevin Padian and Alan D. Gishlick wrote a review in Quarterly Review of Biology which said: "In our view, regardless of Wells’s religious or philosophical background, his Icons of Evolution can scarcely be considered a work of scholarly integrity."Gishlick wrote a more detailed critique for the National Center for Science Education in his article "Icon of Evolution? Why much of what Jonathan Wells writes about evolution is wrong." Icon of Evolution? Why much of what Jonathan Wells writes about evolution is wrong by Alan D. Gishlick ( PDF here) Nick Matzke reviewed Wells' work in the talk.origins article Icon of Obfuscation, Icon of Obfuscation: Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong by Nick Matzke. TalkOrigins Archive and Wells responded with A Response to Published Reviews (2002). A Response to Published Reviews by Jonathan Wells, 2002

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Name	Icons of Evolution, Science or Myth
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Authors	Jonathan Wells
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Pages	338
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Media_type	Print (paperback)
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Isbn	0-89526-200-2
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Oclc	49218581
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Publisher	Regnery Publishing
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Pub_date	January 2002
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