Why is a Fly Not a Horse?

This book's Italian title, Dimenticare Darwin, means "Forget Darwin,"
and its prologue bears the title "Evolution is dead!" The author, Dr.
Giuseppe Sermonti, is a respected Italian biologist who boldly shatters
the myth that all critics of Darwinian evolution are American religious
fundamentalists. This delightful little book is loaded with scientific
facts that aren't taught in standard biology classes, but it is also
full of history and poetry. Why is a Fly Not a Horse? does not have all
the answers, but it asks many of the right questions-in a style that is
both entertaining and inspiring.


Giuseppe Sermonti is retired Professor of Genetics at the University of
Perugia. He discovered genetic recombination in antibiotic-producing
Penicillium and Streptomyces and was Vice President at the XIV
International Congress of Genetics (Moscow, 1980). Sermonti is Chief
Editor of Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum, one of the oldest
still-published biology journals in the world, and he has published
seven other books, including Dopo Darwin (After Darwin), with R. Fondi
(1980-1984).