More Than Darwin - The People and Places of the Evolution-Creationism Controversy

Zusatztext "Describes well known and less familiar figures in the evolution vs. creationism debate." Informationen zum Autor Randy Moore is H. T. Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide! and! with Janice Moore! of Evolution 101 . Mark D. Decker is Associate Director for Scholarship and Teaching in the Biology Program at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext "A marvelous trove for the curious browser, who will be constantly tempted to pull the book off the shelf to read a random entry and discover a new fact or two."—Glenn Branch, Deputy Director, National Center for Science Education, Inc. Zusammenfassung Heated debates over evolution versus creationism have occurred almost nonstop - from the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" through the 2005 Kitzmiller V Dover trial and beyond. This work illuminates the human side of this long controversy by giving synopses of every major person, organization and place involved in it.

Product details

• Authors: Mark D. Decker, Prof. Randy Moore, Prof. Randy Decker Moore, Randy Moore, Randy Decker Moore
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2009
• EAN: 9780520260290
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26029-0
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: University of California Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Religion and science, Religion & science