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Evolution vs. creationism : an introduction / Eugenie C. Scott ; foreword by Niles Eldredge ; foreword to second edition by John E. Jones III.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 351 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780520261877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520261879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Evolution versus creationism
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH367 .S395 2009
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Contents:
Foreword : The Unmetabolized Darwin / Niles Eldredge -- Foreword to the Second Edition / Judge John E. Jones III -- Science : Truth without Certainty -- Evolution -- Beliefs: Religion, Creationism, and Naturalism -- Before Darwin to the Twentieth Century -- Eliminating Evolution, Inventing Creation Science -- Neocreationism -- Testing Intelligent Design and Evidence against -- Evolution in the Courts -- Cosmology, Astronomy, Geology -- Patterns and Processes of Biological Evolution -- Legal Issues -- Educational Issues -- Issues Concerning Religion -- The Nature of Science -- Evolution and Creationism in the Media and Public Opinion.
Summary: Presents the scientific evidence for evolution and reasons why it should be taught in schools, provides various religious points of view, and offers insight to the evolution-creationism controversy.
Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword : The Unmetabolized Darwin / Niles Eldredge -- Foreword to the Second Edition / Judge John E. Jones III -- Science : Truth without Certainty -- Evolution -- Beliefs: Religion, Creationism, and Naturalism -- Before Darwin to the Twentieth Century -- Eliminating Evolution, Inventing Creation Science -- Neocreationism -- Testing Intelligent Design and Evidence against -- Evolution in the Courts -- Cosmology, Astronomy, Geology -- Patterns and Processes of Biological Evolution -- Legal Issues -- Educational Issues -- Issues Concerning Religion -- The Nature of Science -- Evolution and Creationism in the Media and Public Opinion.

Presents the scientific evidence for evolution and reasons why it should be taught in schools, provides various religious points of view, and offers insight to the evolution-creationism controversy.

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