Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond - Softcover

 
9780393330731: Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393330737 ISBN 13: 9780393330731
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

From leading scientists, lawyers, and educators? A decisive rebuttal to those who undermine science in the name of religion. In a time when creationist textbooks continue to appear in classrooms and the president of the United States encourages educators to? teach both sides? of the argument, Scientists Confront Creationism presents an accessible defense of evolution and a blueprint to save public education in this country from the dangers of pseudoscience. With sixteen essays from some of the most important advocates in the field, including Kevin Padian, John R. Cole, and Wesley R. Elsberry, Scientists Confront Creationism reveals the persuasive evidence for evolution and the bankruptcy of the creationists? claims. While telling the history of creationism in America, this powerful collection eviscerates? Intelligent design? and reveals the newest tactics taken by antievolutionist proponents. As long as science requires public advocacy, this highly intelligent treasury of scholarship will remain an essential resource for students, teachers, and open-minded citizens

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andrew J. Petto is the editor of Reports of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, California, and a lecturer in anatomy and physiology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He lives in Wisconsin.

Laurie R. Godfrey is a professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Massachusetts.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393330737
ISBN 13 
9780393330731
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
468
Herausgeber
Petto Andrew J.
Kontakt zum Hersteller
preigu GmbH & Co. KG
mail@preigu.de

Lengericher Landstr. 19
Osnabrück
Niedersachsen
49078
Deutschland