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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Scott, Eugenie Carol, 1945- Evolution vs. creationism. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004 (OCoLC)693274767 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eugenie Carol Scott |
| ISBN: | 0313321221 9780313321221 |
| OCLC Number: | 54752786 |
| Description: | xxiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword: The unmetabolized Darwin / by Niles Eldredge -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- Introduction: The pillars of creationism -- PART I: SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, RELIGION, AND CREATIONISM: Science: "truth without certainty" -- Evolution -- Beliefs: religion, creationism, and naturalism -- PART II: A HISTORY OF THE CREATIONISM/EVOLUTION CONTROVERSY: Before Darwin to the Twentieth Century -- Eliminating evolution, inventing creation science -- Neocreationism -- PART III: SELECTIONS FROM THE LITERATURE: Cosmology, astronomy, geology -- Patterns and processes of biological evolution -- Legal issues -- Educational issues -- Religious issues -- The nature of science. |
| Other Titles: | Evolution versus creationism |
| Responsibility: | Eugenie C. Scott ; foreword by Niles Eldredge. |
Abstract:
Almost 80 years after the Scopes trial, the debate over the teaching of evolution continues. There is no easy resolution--it is a complex topic with profound scientific, religious, educational, and legal implications. [This book] provides an introduction to the many facets of the current debate--the scientific evidence for evolution, the legal and educational basis for its teaching, the various religious points of view--as well as a concise history of the evolution-creationism controversy. [This book first] addresses the nature of how evolution works as part of the scientific enterprise, as well as a summary of the relationship between religious beliefs and science. A section on the history of the evolution versus creationism controversy provides a handy synopsis of the lengthy struggles, from before Darwin to the present day, between advocates of creationism and the proponents of evolution. [Next the book provides] a collection of primary source documents, addressing cosmology, law, education, and religious issues from all sides of the debate.-Back cover.
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