In his editor's role, the indefatigable Montagu often arrives late
in the course of scientific controversy to contribute his
assemblage of intelligences - in the case of creationism vs.
evolution, advantageously: the breadth and depth of
anti-fundamentalist arguments are further seasoned. There are,
inescapably, repetitions of now-familiar facts - such as Kenneth
Miller's very complete presentation of the radiometric evidence for
the age of the earth. Stephen Jay Gould is represented by two
telling essays on evolution as fact and theory, and geology vs.
Genesis. Laurie Godfrey writes on the creationists' distortions -
their constant harping on legitimate scientific infighting among
evolutionists as grounds for throwing Darwin out. Others who add
ammunition on matters scientific include L. Beverly Halstead on
fossils, Sidney W. Fox on the molecular processes that might have
led to life forms, and Roger Cuffey on organic evolution. Several
of the contributors write from historical, philosophical, or
educational frames-of-reference that especially enrich the reader's
perspective. In George Marsden's fascinating essay on the growth of
Fundamentalism, we learn that the name derives from a publication,
The Fundamentals, and that as recently as 1910-15 subscribers
entertained the notion that the earth was older than the Bible
said; multiple factors (immigrations, growing secularism, scholarly
Biblical criticism) led to a closing of ranks, and today's rigid
literalism. Marsden also compellingly relates evangelical
Protestantism to Baconian views of science. Sidney Ratner's review
of 19th and 20th century churchmen and laymen for or against
Darwinism is fine reading as well, and so are a number of pieces
reviewing the Scopes trial and education then and now. Some essays,
moreover, adopt a fairly conciliatory tone (while still condemning
creationism "science"), and that too is in the book's favor. Its
collective strengths, indeed, make it one of the strongest, most
enlightened sources for understanding the present dispute and its
dangerous portents. (Kirkus Reviews)
"One of the most substantial and scholarly counterattacks against
creationism to date....The myths which creationists present to the
public as historical fact are systematically debunked....This
carefully chosen collection should appeal to informed general
readers"--Library Journal. "One of the strongest, most enlightened
sources for understanding the present dispute and its dangerous
portents"--Kirkus Reviews. In this volume, Stephen Jay Gould, Isaac
Asimov, and others provide a powerful rebuttal to "Creation
Science," and offer insights into the teaching of science.
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