Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion - Brossura

Larson, Edward J.

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ISBN 10: 046507510X ISBN 13: 9780465075102

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2006

Riassunto

In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the 20th century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial that pit William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes into a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in Dover, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Cobb County, Georgia, and many other cities and states throughout the country. Edward Larson's classic, Summer for the Gods , received the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1998 and is the single most authoritative account of a pivotal event whose combatants remain at odds in school districts and courtrooms. For this edition, Larson has added a new preface that assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.

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Recensione

"A riveting book."―Frank Rich, The New York Times

"Larson...incisively examines the myths surrounding the Scopes trial...The originality of his book arises in large part from its thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the confrontation -- and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the law that clashed in Dayton."―Daniel Kevles, New York Review of Books

"Scholarly, informative...fair and meticulous...In some ways, America seems to be only just learning the truth of the Scopes trial and the implications of the debate over evolution. [Larson's] book is a crucial piece of the educational process."―First Things

"A stunning and well-documented narrative that places the trial in an historical, legal, religious, and scientific context, and then continues beyond to assess its impact on the tension between science and religion that persists right up to the present."―Quarterly Review of Biology

"Larson...is becoming one of the leading historians of his generation."―Gregg Easterbrook, Washington Monthly

L'autore

Edward J. Larson is a professor with a joint appointment in history and law at the University of Georgia. A graduate of Williams College and Harvard Law School, he received his doctorate in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is also the author of Evolution's Workshop: God and Science on the Galapagos Islands and lives in Athens, Georgia.

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 046507510X
• ISBN 13: 9780465075102
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352