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The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates (Controversies in Science)

By Michael Ruse

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2000
ISBN
1576071855, 9781576071854
LCC
QH361 .R874 2000
Google Books ID
HbATAQAAIAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24931543M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
864 kB (884690 bytes)
Series
Controversies in Science
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

It's been more than 70 years since Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the controversial topic of evolution versus creation. The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the great debates, including the 19th century clash over the nature of classification and debates about the fossil record, genetics, and human nature. Much attention is paid to external factors and the underlying motives of scientists. In these pages you will meet Charles Darwin's ebullient grandfather Erasmus, the contentious Frenchmen Georges Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, new creationist Phillip Johnson, the brilliant J. B. S. Haldane, and many other stars of the debates.

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