开尔文勋爵用简单直接的物理论据把进化论者的观点撕得粉碎,他认为地球和太阳系的年龄还不够大,不可能按照达尔文提出的进化过程产生生命……开尔文勋爵使得进化论岌岌可危,看似给予致命一击。之后发生了什么?原子辐射的发现改变了一切。进化论者突然又有了新的勇气,因为原子辐射现象似乎为开尔文对进化论的挑战提供了必要的答案。
——保罗·阿克曼
Lord Kelvin tore the evolutionists'position to shreds with simple and straightforward physical arguments that the earth and solar system were not old enough for life to have arisen by Darwin's proposed evolutionary process... Lord Kelvin had the theory of evolution on the ropes and had seemingly dealt the knockout blow. What happened? The discovery of atomic radiation changed the whole picture. Evolutionists suddenly took new courage as the phenomenon of atomic radiation seemed to provide the necessary answer to Kelvin's challenge.
——Paul Ackerman
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