Synopses & Reviews
Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide chronicles the legal history of the evolution/creation debate sparked by Charles Darwin's publication
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. The first seven chapters provide a detailed historical overview of the debate, reviewing all of the major court cases with particular emphasis on the infamous Scopes "Monkey Trial" which pitted fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan against ACLU defense attorney Clarence Darrow, and became the standard to which all subsequent evolution trails have been compared.
Ensuing discussions of the rise and fall of creationism as a science and the failure of "balanced treatment" in public schools culminate in a summary of skirmishes over the last decade. Profiles of scientists, politicians, clergy, and other influential people from Galileo to Frank White, the Arkansas governor who signed the equal time law without ever reading it, reveal fascinating facts and perspectives on both sides of the controversy.
Review
"This book will be a wonderful addition to a school library, preferably high school, as well as in a science classroom reference library." - American Reference Books Annual
Synopsis
This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.
Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide chronicles the legal history of the evolution/creation debate sparked by Charles Darwin's publication On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. The first seven chapters provide a detailed historical overview of the debate, reviewing all of the major court cases with particular emphasis on the infamous Scopes "Monkey Trial" which pitted fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan against ACLU defense attorney Clarence Darrow, and became the standard to which all subsequent evolution trails have been compared.
Ensuing discussions of the rise and fall of creationism as a science and the failure of "balanced treatment" in public schools culminate in a summary of skirmishes over the last decade. Profiles of scientists, politicians, clergy, and other influential people from Galileo to Frank White, the Arkansas governor who signed the equal time law without ever reading it, reveal fascinating facts and perspectives on both sides of the controversy.
Synopsis
This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.
Over 75 years ago Clarence Darrow defeated William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial, clearing the way for the teaching of evolution in the classroom and marking the triumph of the scientific worldview. True? Not necessarily. The actual history is more complex and far less clear-cut.
-- Includes photos and important documents
-- Provides an index and bibliography
-- Includes a biographical listing of key individuals
-- Focuses on how teachers, schools, society, and courts have viewed and responded to the controversy
-- Chronology provides a detailed timeline of major events in the evolution/creation controversy, from Aristotle to the present
Synopsis
Over 75 years ago Clarence Darrow defeated William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial, clearing the way for the teaching of evolution in the classroom and marking the triumph of the scientific worldview. True? Not necessarily. The actual history is more complex and far less clear-cut.
This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.
Features
Includes photos and important documents
Provides an index and bibliography
Includes a biographical listing of key individuals and a timeline of major events in the controversy
Synopsis
This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.
Synopsis
Over 75 years ago, Clarence Darrow's performance against William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes trial cleared the way for the teaching of evolution in the classroom and marked the triumph of the scientific worldview. True? Not necessarily. The actual history is more complex and far less clear-cut.
Synopsis
• Focuses on how teachers, schools, society, and courts have viewed and responded to the controversy
• Chronology provides a detailed timeline of major events in the evolution/creation controversy, from Aristotle to the present
Synopsis
• Detailed chronology of the history of the debate from Aristotle in 310 B.C. to the U.S. Senate's adoption of "Sense of the Senate" in June 2002
• Biographies of 172 key individuals on both sides of the controversy, including Leona Wilson, who initiated the first lawsuit by creationists
• An edited collection of the eight principal court decisions, including Mclean v. ArkansaS≪/I> and Segraves v. State of California
• Photographs and illustrations of influential people like Herbert Spencer, who coined the terms "evolution" and "survival of the fittest"
Table of Contents
In the beginning -- "With flaming banners and beating drums" : State of Tennessee V. John Thomas Scopes -- "This is the bible, buddy" : Epperson v. Arkansas -- In Susan's wake -- "This is a terrible bill" : Mclean v. Arkansas Board of Education -- Bad science : Edwards v. Aguillard -- The ongoing battle -- Key people in the evolution/creationism controversy -- History of the evolution/creationism controversy.