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Evidence in the world of biology is based on living things from human to microorganism to plants. For example, how do some fish manage to live in both salt and fresh water? What links these things together in the same book is how they serve to illustrate biological evidence. The first page of each chapter has a little evidence “box” as a guide.

Biology and Evidence is the result of an effort by author Elwood McCluskey to help casual readers, and fellow scientists, to look for dependable answers. The case history approach is valuable because it demonstrates examples of using alternatives and weighing evidence. Questions about the methods used to test theories are just some of the issues discussed in this volume.

This book can be of great value to biology students and related disciplines who plan a career in research. But it may be a useful tool in other areas of study such as religion, where use of falsification principles might be critically applied. It will help underline the importance of evidence to life itself, enabling us to evaluate and interpret things in new and thoughtful ways.

About the Author

The author earned an master's degree in biology from Walla Walla College in 1952, followed by two years of teaching at Atlantic Union College, before accepting a position at Loma Linda University. Upon completion of a doctorate in 1959 from Stanford, he accepted an invitation to do postdoctoral research at Harvard. He then spent decades of teaching at Loma Linda University in biology and physiology.