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In this fascinating story of evolution, religion, politics, and personalities, Matthew Chapman captures the story behind the headlines in the debate over God and science in America. Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education, decided in late 2005, pitted the teaching of intelligent design (sometimes known as "creationism in a lab coat") against the teaching of evolution. Matthew Chapman, the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, spent several months covering the trial from beginning to end. Through his in-depth encounters with the participants--creationists, preachers, teachers, scientists on both sides of the issue, lawyers, theologians, the judge, and the eleven parents who resisted the fundamentalist proponents of intelligent design--Chapman tells a sometimes terrifying, often hilarious, and above all moving story of ordinary people doing battle in America over the place of religion and science in modern life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Matthew Chapman
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.03.2008
• EAN: 9780061179464
• ISBN: 978-0-06-117946-4
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Altro; History, Evolution, Psychology, Religion: general, Biology, life sciences, Social, group or collective psychology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious instruction, Philosophy of religion, Christian life and practice, Religion and beliefs, History of mathematics, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Relating to religious groups, Agnosticism and atheism, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Evolution, HISTORY: Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE: General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / General, RELIGION: ATHEISM, RELIGION: Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Customs & Traditions, RELIGION: Faith, RELIGION: Psychology of Religion, RELIGION: Christian Education / General