Darwinism Comes to America
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-19312-3 (ISBN)
In 1997, even as Pope John Paul II was conceding that evolution was "more than just a theory," local school boards and state legislatures were still wrangling over the teaching of origins--and nearly half of all Americans polled believed in the recent special creation of the first humans. Why do so many Americans still resist the ideas laid out by Darwin in On the Origin of Species? Focusing on crucial aspects of the history of Darwinism in America, Ronald Numbers gets to the heart of this question.
Judiciously assessing the facts, Numbers refutes a host of widespread misconceptions: about the impact of Darwin's work on the religious ideas of scientists, about the character of the issues that exercised scientists of the immediate post-Darwin generation, about the Scopes trial of 1925 and its consequences for American schools, and about the regional and denominational distribution of pro- and anti-evolutionary sentiments.
Displaying the expertise that has made Numbers one of the most respected historians of his generation, Darwinism Comes to America provides a much-needed historical perspective on today's quarrels about creationism and evolution--and illuminates the specifically American nature of this struggle.
Ronald L. Numbers was Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Introduction: Darwinism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design 1. Darwinism and the Dogma of Separate Creations: The Responses of American Naturalists to Evolution 2. Creating Creationism: Meaning and Used since the Age of Agassiz 3. Darwinism in the American South: From the Early 1860s to the Late 1920s 4. The Scopes Trial: History and Legend 5. "Sciences of Satanic Origin": Adventist Attitudes toward Evolutionary Biology and Geology 6. Creation, Evolution, and Holy Ghost Religion: Holiness and Evolutionary Biology and Geology Appendix: Naturalists in the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1900 Notes Acknowledgments Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.12.1998 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 linecut, 1 table |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-19312-1 / 0674193121 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-19312-3 / 9780674193123 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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