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Place an order for this item: Quantity Choose shipping destination:	Nature's I.Q. Balazs Hornyanszky, Istvan Tasi Hardback, 160 pages, 2009 Item# B136 Suggested Donation: $OUT OF STOCK (includes USPS Media Mail shipping to addresses in US only) $OUT OF STOCK (includes international air shipping to all foreign addresses) Hungarian scientists Balazs Hornyanszky and Istvan Tasi offer a novel contribution to the intelligent design literature by extending Michael Behe's theory of irreducible complexity from biological form to biological behavior. Where did the mysterious instincts of animals originate? Nature's IQ. The authors document more than 100 astonishing, unexplained phenomena from the animal kingdom, with 200 amazing color pictures. The authors point out how Darwinian "just so" stories fail to explain these irreducibly complex instincts and behaviors. This book is a valuable addition to any library for its amazing photos of animal life and it's catalog of fascinating animal behavior regardless of whether you believe they were a product of random mutations and natural selection or a product of artful, purposeful design. Another unique aspect of the book is the final chapter on "The Source of Intelligence" where they state that "an intelligence much more refined than ours, conceived and shaped the functioning of the living world in advance". The existing world is therefore the realization of this original, organic blueprint. Although this is no different than other minimalist definitions of ID, the authors of the book write the final chapter from an Indian (Hindu) perspective which is also a unique contribution to the ID literature: "We have chosen the thesaurus of the wisdom of Indian culture as the supporting document for our assertions about a divine intelligence for several reasons." First, because of its geographic and cultural distance, scriptures of Vedic wisdom are perhaps less know to the Western audience; thus from the point of view of knowledge acquisition, their presentation is therefore useful. We have chosen this literature because these Sanskrit texts present in detail a supportable and logical alternative to the prevailing evolutionist view. Authors: Balazs Hornyanszky, M.S., bio-engineer, University of Technology, Budapest Istvan Tasi, M.A., PhD student, cultural anthropologist, Eotvos Lorant University, Budapest Table of Contents: Introduction As Darwin believed it Counterarguments The secret of the instincts About the authors Acknowledgements Innovative Predators Deceptive Hunters If you're hungry--I'll eat you! Animal cutlery Knowledge ready-made Defense, disguise, deception Expressive colors and marks "Keep your eyes open" Bluff for survival Lurkers The last throw Collective defense Partnerships Do the big fish eat the small fish? Spared escorts The date of the contract? Casting No rose without a thorn Paid mercenaries The moth and the anthill The double parasite The language of the animals Scent messages Impossible mission Swimming power plants Tone setters Growling, croaking and grunting fish Notes--or improvisation? The visible message Light signals Body language The language of dance Born with a dictionary Man is totally different Fly-by-night wanderers or expert navigators? Ant map Salmon--back to the sender Secrets under the water A first-class mystery The reliable postman Wanderers of the sky The bird of the brightness Impossible journeys Perfect strength management Accessories of an expedition Since when do birds migrate? Points of controversy Birds of a feather... Couples and Mating Whale song Tuned to one scent Captivating lights The chase is better than the catch Roe hills at the bottom of the lake Show me your bower! Mechanical architects On the origin of sexual characteristics Dance and presents A delicate subject Scorpion waltzer The champions of timing Reproductions The new generation Frog babies and frog midwives Born in food Nature's thermostat Cuckoo eggs The best guru is the kangaroo A new generation of scientists The source of intelligence Inheritance and acquisition The invisible center of behavior The alternative of design Answers from the past The structure of living beings Journey through the bodies Evolution--from top to bottom Some pending questions A farewell to the reader
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