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Summer for the Gods : The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion
by Larson, Edward J.ISBN13:
9780465075102
ISBN10:
046507510X
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
10/2/2006
Publisher(s):
Perseus Books Group
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Summary
In the Summer of 1925, the town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas: the Scopes trial pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against Clarence Darrow and the ACLU in a timeless battle over science, religion, and their place in public education.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
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| Afterword | 267 | (12) | |||
| Notes | 279 | (40) | |||
| Index | 319 |
