This is an excellent review of evolutionary theory. It is set up as a discussion of the evidence for evolution and closes with a chapter confronts the religious. He admits that religious people will never be convinced by arguments and facts because they feel threatened about their values. This reminds me of the famous quote by Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, if his salary depends on his not understanding it."
Here's a bit that gives you an idea of what the book covers:
We've looked at evidence from many areas -- the fossil record, biogeography, embryology, vestigial structures, suboptimal design, and so on -- all of that evidence showing, without a scintilla of doubt, that organisms have evolved. ... We've also seen that evolutionary biology makes testable predictions....I especially enjoyed the part where Coyne points out that Darwin's famous book never answered the question posed by the title The Origin of Species. Instead he suggests the book should have been called The Origin of Adaptations. Coyne goes on to show how modern science can now account for the origin of species.
All in all, this is a very sound book full of information about evolution for even the dedicated general reader already familiar with the literature.
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