 | Robert Maxwell Young - 1971 - Страниц: 372
...chapter, "Difficulties on Theory," in a section entitled "Organs of Extreme Perfection and Complication." To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. Yet reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a perfect and complex eye to one very imperfect... | |
 | Charles Darwin, Joy Harvey, Duncan M. Porter, Jonathan R. Topham - 1997 - Страниц: 1018
...extreme perfection and complication", chief among which was the eye. He stated 'Origin, pp. 186-7): To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting difieren t amounts «flight, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have... | |
 | Arne A. Wyller - 1996 - Страниц: 288
..."Difficulties of the Theory," wherein he writes with obvious admiration for the beauty of Nature's design: To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances...and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberrations, could have been formed by natural selection seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - Страниц: 868
...propounded a theory of origins known as evolution. In his work, Origin of Species, 1859, Darwin wrote: To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances...selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree. 7 Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?... | |
 | Joel S. Glaser - 1999 - Страниц: 722
...Infection and AIDS Toxic Retinopathies Congenital Hamartoma Syndromes Tuberous Sclerosis Neurofibromatosis To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. Charles Darwin "Organs of extreme perfection and complication" In The Origin of Species, 1859 Accurate... | |
 | Rick Jones - 2000 - Страниц: 65
...Because of its extreme complexity, scientists still don't fully understand how it works. Guess who said: "To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. . . The belief that an organ as perfect as the eye could have formed by natural selection is more than... | |
 | Roger Lewin - 1999 - Страниц: 276
...yes, the eye," said Brian. "Even Darwin was worried about the eye." In Origin of Species he wrote: "To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable...been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely admit, absurd in the highest degree possible." Nevertheless, he concluded, that because there is "no... | |
 | Evelyn Fox KELLER - 2009 - Страниц: 194
...himself acknowledged, "To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances . . . could have formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree."49 Given this background, discovery of "the master control gene" responsible for eye morphogenesis... | |
 | Paul E. Little - 2000 - Страниц: 196
...Theory" states: "To suppose that the eye, with so many parts all working together . . . could have formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." Harvard's Richard Lewontin, an evolutionist, states that organisms "appear to have been carefully... | |
 | Paul Sheldon Davies - 2003 - Страниц: 260
...1779, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part III Organs of extreme perfection and complication— To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. Yet reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a perfect and complex eye to one very imperfect... | |
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To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection,... 
