01778cam a2200265 4500 4549050 AUA.1 20151110163517.0 701217s1970 cauabc b 001 0 eng 71115432 DLC DLC DLC BL 240.2 .R55 1970 215 Ritland, Richard M., 1925- 26199 A search for meaning in nature; a new look at creation and evolution [by] Richard M. Ritland. Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press Pub. Association [1970] 320 p. illus., map, ports. 22 cm. Includes bibliographies. Contents: The pendulum swings -- The problem of knowing -- The origin of life -- ancient views -- What is life? -- Is divine creation of life necessary? -- Recent ideas on origin -- The crust of the earth -- designed for life? -- Boundless energy -- 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 fossil record -- Catastrophes and the Uniformitarian hypothesis -- The recent past: giants -- fact and fancy -- Frozen mammoths -- Problems in determining the origin of man -- The "missing links" between man and ape -- Charles Darwin and the distribution of life -- The living world -- A Christian view of nature in a changing world. Religion and science. 26200 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BL 240.2 .R55 1970 7624 7624 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2012-10-05 Donation, Dr. Russell Staples 25.00 AUA010457 BL 240.2 .R55 1970 AUA010457 2012-10-05 00:00:00 25.00 2012-10-05 BOOK