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Title: Not well written, but packs a punch
Review: Not an especially well written book; it's painfully repetitive in places. The explanations and examples are not always very clear. The introduction seems to promise to look at evolution in light of modern information theory, but the book never really defines or describes information theory.Despite its faults, the main point seems inescapable: theories of evolution based on random variation can't hold up under close scrutiny. If you're a naturalist taking refuge from intelligent design in evolutionary theory, you have three choices: 1) Insist that evolution is some how above or immune to the natural laws of mathematics and probability (i.e. evolution is "super-natural"). 2) Abandon your self delusion. 3) Press the back button now. Don't read this book. Place your hands over your ears and repeat loudly, "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
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