Once again the US is embroiled in the emotionally charged issue of creationism. This book skilfully examines the issues raised by the `science' test case in Arkansas in 1981, which has been well documented on both sides of the Atlantic. This book covers the history of the debate in the USA, looks at evolutionary biology today, highlights the creationist challenge, and examines the philosophical aftermath of the test case in the 1980s and 1990s.