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Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism / edited by Andrew J. Petto and Laurie R. Godfrey

Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.
Physical Description
463 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
Petto, Andrew J. and Godfrey, Laurie R.

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Contents
The problems with creationism / Massimo Pigliucci -- Darwinism, creationism, and "intelligent design" / Ronald L. Numbers -- Creation science lite : "intelligent design" as the new anti-evolutionism / Eugenie C. Scott -- Wielding the wedge : keeping anti-evolutionism alive / John R. Cole -- Physics, cosmology, and the new creationism / Victor J. Stenger -- The ages of the earth, solar system, galaxy, and universe / G. Brent Dalrymple -- Creationism and the origin of life : did it all begin in a "warm little pond"? / Antonio Lazcano -- "Transitional forms" versus transitional features / Kevin Padian & Kenneth D. Angielczyk -- Biological complexity / Robert Dorit -- Logic and math turn to smoke and mirrors : William Dembski's "Design inference" / Wesley R. Elsberry -- Human emergence : natural process or divine creation? / C. Loring Brace -- God of the gaps : the argument from ignorance and the limits of methodological naturalism / Robert T. Pennock -- Is evolution "only a theory"? Scientific methodologies and evolutionary biology / Norman A. Johnson -- The invisible Bible : the logic of creation science / J. Michael Plavcan -- Why target evolution? The problem of authority / Alice Beck Kehoe -- Why teach evolution? / Andrew J. Petto & Laurie R. Godfrey.
Summary
With the pseudoscience of creationism rising again under the guise of "intelligent design," this powerful collection reveals the pervasive and insidious threat posed to genuine science by ID proponents. The sixteen original essays by leading scientists, lawyers, and educators address two key issues: the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution gathered over 150 years and the dubious underpinnings of creationism; and how society can mount better educational and legal policies to prevent a theological takeover of our public and scientific institutions. The book includes powerful voices in the modern culture war against ID. With creationist arguments forever morphing and reappearing under new aliases, this new confrontation is a must-read for teachers, students, and general readers, and a lasting refutation of creationism's fraudulent claims.--From publisher description.
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ISBN
9780393050905 (hardcover)
0393050904 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Berks copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20067.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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