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Summer for the Gods : the Scopes trial and America's continuing debate over science and religion /

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Draws from new archival material, as well as historical and legal analysis to examine the many facets of the Scopes trial of 1925 in which the American Civil Liberties Union challenged a controversial Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools, and considers the impact of that...

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Main Author: Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : BasicBooks, ©1997.
Subjects:
Scopes, John Thomas > Trials, litigation, etc.
Evolution (Biology) > Study and teaching > Law and legislation > United States.
Scopes, John Thomas > Procès, instances, etc.
Évolution > Étude et enseignement > Droit > États-Unis.
Scopes, John Thomas.
Evolution (Biology) > Study and teaching > Law and legislation.
United States.
Creationisme.
Controversen.
Geloof en wetenschap.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Before ...
  • 1. Digging up controversy
  • 2. Government by the people
  • 3. In defense of individual liberty
  • pt. II. ... during ...
  • 4. Choosing sides
  • 5. Jockeying for position
  • 6. Preliminary rounds
  • 7. The trial of the century
  • pt. III. ... and after
  • 8. The end of an era
  • 9. Retelling the tale
  • 10. Distant echoes.