"Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light." -Richard Dawkins

In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the "indelible stamp" of the processes first proposed by Darwin, Why Evolution Is True does not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, it sets out to prove evolution right.

杰里·A.科因（Jerry A. Coyne）

曾于哈佛大学随理查德·莱旺庭（Richard Lewontin）和斯蒂芬·杰伊·古尔德（Stephen Jay Gould）学习，过去二十年中一直任芝加哥大学生态与演化学系教授，从事演化遗传学的研究。科因教授是世界顶尖的演化生物学家之一，也是演化界最重要的公共知识分子之一，为《新共和》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》、美国国家公共电台的固定撰稿人。