ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Superb investigative reporting" said the New York Times of Eugene G. Windchy's Tonkin Gulf (Sept. 26, 1971), and the author now has produced another explosive book, The End of Darwinism. Scientifically, the end of Darwinism occurred in 1980. In that year, a conference of 160 biologists decided that the theory might account for small physical variations, such as the bigger beak on a Galapagos island bird, but not for major evolutionary events, such as the origin of feathered animals. Also in 1980, the famed biologist Stephen J. Gould declared Darwinism "dead" in a scientific journal. Windchy tells what led to those revolts and he documents the cover-up.
The history of Darwinism has been rife with politics and intrigue. Two men published on evolution by survival of the fittest ahead of Charles Darwin, and a third would have done so if he, working in a tropical jungle, had not sent his manuscript to Darwin for forwarding. Darwin's ally Thomas Huxley never believed in the theory, but he called himself "Darwin's bulldog," and he formed the "X Club," a secretive and powerful group of evolution advocates. Huxley, the person who coined the word agnostic, had a grudge against the Anglican church, and evolution was his "Whitworth gun," an advanced firearm of the time. "Darwin's bulldog" also needed the money he could make writing and lecturing about a controversial topic.
The theory of progress by survival of the fittest brought incalculable harm to humanity. Industrialists used it to justify ruthless competition and inhuman working conditions. Imperialists used it to legitimize colonialism and racism. Both the Nazis and the Communists seized upon survival of the fittest as a scientific justification for their wars and genocides. Nevertheless, the Anglo-American science establishment pressures biologists to support Darwinian theory, especially in public.
About the Author
In 1967 Eugene G. Windchy left his position as the U.S. Information Agency's Assistant Science Adviser to investigate the forgotten naval incidents that enabled American participation in the Vietnam War. He then wrote Tonkin Gulf and articles on the Constitution and national security. In 1993 Windchy began researching evolution. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia. A daughter resides with her family in Berkeley, California. For more information, see theendofdarwinism.com.
The End of Darwinism by Eugene G. Windchy
And How a Flawed and Disastrous Theory Was Stolen and Sold
Publication Date: May 12, 2009
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