not one of mere chance and material determinism, or the result of a divine plan and vital force. Instead, he strongly suggests that life is ordered through some internal genetic mechanism... Within this open framework, the author believes that neo-Darwinism is only a subsection of a more comprehensive and sophisticated explanation for biological evolution still to be formulated. Birx concluded that The Great Evolution Mystery is a "stimulating book and raises important questions and encourages future scientific inquiry." Philosopher Michael Ruse gave the book a mixed review, stating that although he didn't find Taylor's arguments convincing, he had collected a lot of information and utilized very good illustrations. Books Economics for the Exasperated (1948) Sex in History: The Past in the Present (1953) Conditions of Happiness Are Workers Human? The Angel Makers The Science of Life: A Pictorial History of Biology (1967) The Biological Time Bomb (1968) Rethink: A Paraprimitive Solution (1972) Rethink: Radical Proposals to Save a Disintegrating World (1974) The Doomsday Book: Can the World Survive? (1st ed. : 1970 / ed.1972) , How to Avoid the Future (1975) Salute to British Genius (1978) The Natural History of the Mind (1981) The Great Evolution Mystery (1983) See also History of biotechnology Richard Milton References External links Biography from The Doomsday Book 1911 births 1981 deaths People educated at Radley College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War II British science writers British male journalists BBC newsreaders and journalists Parapsychologists