Some questions are very essential to ask. One of these questions is what evolution really is and which facts support it. My curiosity led me to the book ‘What Evolution Is’ written by Ernst Mayr. I had looked for a book which is know for its neutral viewpoint and this book by Ernst Mayr is really fitting in that respect. By the way, Ernst Mayr could have been one of the most influential biologists of the last century. Unfortunately, he died some month ago.
The foreword states to be written for the following three groups:
- biologist who want to be up-to-date to the actual achievements
- people who think that evolutions built the earth we know today but are not really sure about proving facts
- creationists who want to know the argumentation of evolutionist to have starting points helping them to attack them
Especially point three demonstrates the openness of the author. The argumentation line is very conclusive and free of prejudice or propaganda for the evolution. On the other hand it is very good to read and it makes it easy to comprehend it with the real life. Read it!
Finally, I want to quote the author:
Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.