On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 Hughbirder at aol.com wrote:

> I noticed a new book at a bookstand. It's title caught my eye because of the
> recent discussions about evolution on Tweeters. It is "Darwin's Black Box -
> The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" by Michael J. Behe. The author is a
> Biochemistry professor at Lehigh University who indicates he is not a
> "creationist". I only read the cover jacket and didn't buy it. But, it might
> be interesting reading.

Actually, this book is over two years old. Behe relies on an "irreducible
complexity" argument that is without merit. I was pretty unimpressed.
It's really The Same Old Thing dressed up a bit more scientifically than
the usual creationist dreck.

There's a good review of this book at

http://www.amsci.org/amsci/bookshelf/Leads97/Darwin97-09.html

And a whole pile of stuff on Behe's book at:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/behe.html

Mike Cummings Seattle,WA