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Jerry A. Coyne

Born

The United States

Website

http://jerrycoyne.uchicago.edu/about.html

Genre

Science, Biology, Evolution

Influences

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Jerry Coyne is a professor in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve Drosophila

His work is widely published, not only in scientific journals, but also in such mainstream venues as The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and The New Republic. Coyne's peer-reviewed scientific publications include three papers in Nature and two in Science.

His research interests include population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological and quantitative genetics, chromosome evolution, and sperm competition. ...more

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I have long wished for my first trade book, Why Evolution is True, to be published in Arabic. That’s because many who adhere to Islam take the Qur’an literally (it’s almost a requirement) and the Qur’an is explicitly creationist, saying that Allah created the Universe in six days and that humans were created from a glob of mud. I am unsure how often evolution is taught is universities or secondar

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Average rating: 4.18 · 27,648 ratings · 1,267 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Why Evolution Is True 4.19 avg rating — 25,600 ratings — published 2008 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible 4.12 avg rating — 1,767 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speciation by Jerry A. Coyne, H. Allen Orr 4.21 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Child by Jerry A. Coyne, Jane Smith 3.88 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speciation and Its Consequences by John A. Endler (Editor), Daniel Otte (Editor), Kurt Benirschke (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities by Tomain, Jerry A. Coyne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...supernatural explanations always mean the end of inquiry: that’s the way God wants it, end of story. Science, on the other hand, is never satisfied: our studies of the universe will continue until humans go extinct.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

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“These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: biology, conclusion-before-evidence, confessions-of-the-darwinists, conjecture, darwin, darwinism, darwinist-confessions, dogma, evolution, macro-evolution, macroevolution, neo-darwinism, pseudo-science, science, speculation

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“Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible - though very unlikely - that our whole world is controlled by elves.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: evolution

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