Design for an Eye

摘要: Were there no example in the world of contrivance, except that eye, it would be alone sufficient to support conclusion which we draw from it, as necessity an intelligent creator. These words were written 176 years ago at Oxford by a British theologian and natural philosopher, William Paley (reprinted 1845, p. 60) who enjoyed impressive grasp what was then known about man considered machine. His motivation master disseminate such material related his certain conviction, illustrated passage above, existence elegant biologic machinery affords clearest possible evidence God’s design handiwork. confronts 11is readers with enough examples ingenious engineering fill 400 pages; addition vision, he appeals mechanisms audition, botany, comparative anatomy, vascular hemodynamics. I will mention some visual examples.