Meaning in nature /
Richard M. Ritland.
- 259 páginas : il. ; 23 cm
The quest for meaning. -Meaning in nature. -The pendulum swings. -Origins. -The Origin of live -- ancient views. -What is life?. -Is divine creation of life necessary?. -Recent ideas on origin. -Design and support. -The crust of the earth -- Designed for life?. -Boundless energy. -Life andenvironments of the past. -The record of past life. -Change or fixity. -Have animals and plants become more complex through the ages?. -Missing links in the Chain of life. -Bias in the record. -Catastrophes and the Uniformitarian Hypothesis. -The recent past, giants -- fact and fancy. -Frozen Mammoths. -On the trail of ancient man. -The world of life. -The distribution of life. -The living World. -Conclusion. -A Christian View of nature in a Changing World.