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Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism
by Pennock, Robert T
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 026216180X
- ISBN 13
- 9780262161800
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1999. Comparison of new arguments for Creationism with old, in the light of the evolving idea of 'intelligent design' over 'creation science'; the author also discusses the evolution of language, believed by Christians to have been differentiated by God in the wake of the destruction of the Tower of Babel, and evolution in the digital environment. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; INSCRIBED by the author to a colleague, also mentioned in the Acknowledgements page & bibliography. Light wear to book, but a few (I count 4) pages with pen marks, underlining, marginal notes; jacket shows minor wear, faded spine. Xviii, [4], 429 pages; index, references, notes, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0649
- Title
- Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism
- Author
- Pennock, Robert T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 026216180X
- ISBN 13
- 9780262161800
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Evolution, Biology, Language, Linguistics, Science, Creationism
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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