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THE EVOLUTION WARS.

Authors :
Wallis, Claudia
August, Melissa
Caplan, Jeremy
Chu, Jeff
Richards, Constance E.
Healy, Rita
Maag, Christopher
Norman, Bud
Pitluk, Adam
Ressner, Jeffrey
Scully, Sean
Source :
TIME Magazine; 8/15/2005, Vol. 166 Issue 7, p26-35, 8p, 8 Color Photographs, 1 Map
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Focuses on the controversy surrounding the teaching of evolutionary biology and intelligent design in American public schools. View of U.S. President George W. Bush that lessons in evolutionary biology should be combined with a discussion of intelligent design; View of intelligent design supporters that the theory provides a subtler way of finding evidence of God's fingerprints in nature that traditional creationism; Review of how evolutionary biology is regarded as one of the best supported ideas in science; History of the conflict regarding what theory should be taught in American public schools; Comparison of intelligent design theory to evolutionary biology; Review of how each theory would be taught in the classroom.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
166
Issue :
7
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
17848763