GUEST: JERRY COYNE, AUTHOR, WHY EVOLUTION IS TRUE
Freethought Radio
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4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2010
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Nonbelief relief for Haiti and the biblical roots of Islamist brutality toward rape victims will be discussed. Guest Jerry Coyne is professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, where he speciallizes in evolutionary genetics. His new book, Why Evolution is True, has been much praised by Richard Dawkins, next week's guest!
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| 2:21.7 | Our guest today, who will join Freethought Radio for the second half of the show, will be Jerry |
| 2:27.6 | Coyne. He's the author of the book, Why Evolution is True. It's a 2009 book. It's just coming out in paperback. Professor Coyne is professor |
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