Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution
- ISBN-10
- 0195154711
- ISBN-13
- 9780195154719
- Series
- Trial and Error
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Edward John Larson
Description
The debate over teaching evolution in schools remains one of the biggest controversies in 20th century America. This study - which ranges from before the Scopes trial of 1925 to the creationism disputes of the 1980s - offers an account of the battles erupting from this persistent belief.
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