Arthur S. Link and John B. Catton, American Epoch: A History of the United States Since the 1890's (New York: Knopf, ... The popularity of Hunter's text was noted in George W. Hunter, Science Teaching at Junior and Senior high School ...
Dupree, Science in Government, 41; and Daniel S. Greenberg, The Politics of Pure Science (New York: Times Mirror, 1967), 8–9. Congressional Research Service, U. S. Science and Engineering Education and Manpower: Background; ...
Traces the history of evolutionary theory, from the eighteenth-century emergence of paleontology, through the breakthroughs of Darwin, to the backlash against evolutionism, to its resurrection through the science of genetics.
Broaching their subjects from both historical and philosophical perspectives and taking a global, cross-cultural approach, Larson and Ruse avoid rancor and polemic as they address many of the core issues currently under debate by the ...
This is the first and only casebook devoted to this topic, and it is ideal for use in education law programs, constitutional law seminars, and legal history courses.
The Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy
The text provokes debate on fundamental questions such as the creation of property, information as property, collective v. individual rights, and property as related to other bodies of law.
The current and historical key aspects of the creation-evolution debate in the United States are reviewed in this volume that covers such topics as the response to Darwinism, the religious views of American scientists, the 2006 Dover, PA, ...
Fueled by controversies surrounding right-to-die activists, the debate over euthanasia occupies central stage in today's social arena. Christians have long been concerned with the issue, but A Different Death is...
"In the first book to explore the theory and practice of eugenics in the American South, Edward Larson shows how the quest for "strong bloodlines" expressed itself in specific state...