In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically
queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to
illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many
Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific
ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object
of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy
issues ranging from energy and conservation to stem-cell research
and climate change, Raff argues that when the public is confused or
ill-informed, these issues tend to be decided on religious,
economic, and political grounds that disregard the realities of the
natural world. Speaking up for science and scientific literacy,
Raff tells how and why he became an evolutionary biologist and
describes some of the vibrant and living science of evolution. Once
We All Had Gills is also the story of evolution writ large: its
history, how it is studied, what it means, and why it has become a
useful target in a cultural war against rational thought and the
idea of a secular, religiously tolerant nation.
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