Evolution vs. Creationism

Eugenie C. Scott is Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, the leading advocacy group for the teaching of evolution in the United States. She has written extensively on the evolution-creationism controversy in scholarly and popular venues, and she has won numerous awards for her work from scholarly organizations, including the Public Service Award from the National Science Board. She is a recent past-president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

• FOREWORD: The Unmetabolized DarwinACKNOWLEDGMENTSPREFACEINTRODUCTION: The Pillars of CreationismPART I: Science, Evolution, Religion, and CreationismCHAPTER 1. Science: Truth Without CertaintyCHAPTER 2. EvolutionCHAPTER 3. Beliefs: Religion, Creationism, and NaturalismPART II: A History of the Creationism/Evolution ControversyCHAPTER 4. Before Darwin to the Twentieth CenturyCHAPTER 5. Eliminating Evolution, Inventing Creation ScienceCHAPTER 6. NeocreationismCHAPTER 7. Testing Intelligent Design and Evidence Against Evolution in the CourtsPART III: Selections from the LiteratureCHAPTER 8. Cosmology, Astronomy, GeologyCHAPTER 9. Patterns and Processes of Biological EvolutionCHAPTER 10. Legal IssuesCHAPTER 11. Educational IssuesCHAPTER 12. Religious IssuesCHAPTER 13. The Nature of ScienceCHAPTER 14. Creationism and Evolution in the MediaREFERENCES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATIONNAME INDEXSUBJECT INDEX

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