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Written by one of the leading advocates for the teaching of evolution in the United States, this resource provides an introduction to the many facets of the debate - the scientific evidence for evolution, the legal and educational basis for teaching, the various religious points of view - as well as a concise history of the evolution-creationism controversy.
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Introduction; Science, Evolution, Religion, and Creationism; Science: "Truth Without Certainty"; Evolution; Bellefs: Religion, Creationism, and Naturalism; A History of the Creationism/Evolution Controversy; Before Darwin to the Twentieth Century; Eliminating Evolution, Inventing Creation Science; Neocreationism; Selections from the Literature; Cosmology, Astronomy, Geology; Patterns and Processes of Biological Evolution; Legal Issues; Educational Issues; Religious Issues; The Nature of Science; References for Further Exploration.
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