Creation's Tiny Mystery

by Gentry, Robert V.

• ISBN13: 9780961675301
• ISBN10: 0961675306
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Earth Science Assoc

Table of Contents

Foreword	x
Preface	xii
Overview	1	(10)
Adventure in Science
Creation on Trial
Creation Science: A Cause for Investigation?
The National Academy of Sciences and Academic Freedom
Radiohalos and the Age of the Earth	11	(12)
Evolution as a Total Framework
The Question of Origins Reopened
Radioactivity and the Age of the Rocks
The Puzzle of the Rings in the Rocks
The Radioactive Nature of the Halos
Radioactive Halos and the Decay Rate Question
Microscopic Chances
The Genesis Rocks	23	(15)
The A, B, C, and D Halos
Extinct Halos Intrude on the Scene
Modern Cosmology and Extinct Natural Radioactivity
The Enigma of the Polonium Halos
Polonium Halos: A Revolutionary New Interpretation
The Impact of Creation on Evolution and the Age of the Earth
Primordial and Secondary Rocks
Precambrian Granites---The Genesis Rocks
Polonium Halos go to Press	38	(13)
Misfits in the Evolutionary Mosaic
A New Affiliation and Better Research Opportunities
Extended Peer Review and Controversy
Initial Experiments at Oak Ridge
An Invitation to Join a National Laboratory
Search for Halos in Lunar Rocks
Polonium Halo Analysis
A Novel Theory of Polonium Halo Origin
Objections Refuted
The Spectacle Halo
Secondary Polonium Halos Fuel the Controversy	51	(12)
Uranium in Coalified Wood
The Origin of Sedimentary Rocks
Radiometric Dating of the Colorado Plateau Deposits
Secondary Polonium Halos: Another Discovery
New Data Supports the Global Flood Model
A Professor Notes the Silent Response
Debating the Time Scale
Reverberations from Scientists	63	(10)
A Falsification Test Proposed
A Courageous Editorial Decision
Polonium Halos: An Independent Evaluation
Reaction from the National Science Foundation	73	(14)
The Elusive Superheavy Elements
Declination of 1977 Proposal
Appeal to the NSF
Another Proposal---Another Denial
Inquiry by a Member of Congress---1977 Proposal
Inquiry by a Member of Congress---1979 Proposal
Pro-Evolution at the NSF?
Freedom of Inquiry
Creation Science --- A Public Issue	87	(12)
The Lessons of Scopes
Stacking the Deck Against Creation Science
The Arkansas Trial: A Difficult Decision
Repression in the Classroom
Evolution Promoted As Fact
Countdown to the Arkansas Trial
Aclu Strategy Revealed at Little Rock	99	(12)
The ACLU's Plan for the Treatment of Origins
Direct Examination of the ACLU Witness for Biophysics
The ACLU and the Origin of Life: A Narrow Escape
The Judge Rescues the ACLU
The ACLU: No Science but Evolution
The Age of the Earth: Testimony of the ACLU Geology Witness
Confrontation in the Courtroom	111	(13)
The State Challenges Radiometric Dating Techniques
The Granite Synthesis Experiment: An Evolutionary Perspective
A Very Tiny Mystery
Creation's Test on Trial	124	(14)
ACLU Witness Explains Evidence for Creation
Confronting the Falsification Test
Primordial Rocks Derived from a Primordial Liquid
Imitation Granite
Polonium Halos Revisited
Primordial and Secondary Rocks in a Creation Perspective
Recross-Examination
Reflections on the First Week of the Trial
Taking the Stand
The Trial Decision	138	(7)
Evolutionists Win the Game
Court Judgment Reveals Evolutionary Bias
Radiohalos: Tiny Mystery or Block to Evolution?
Evolutionary Article of Faith
True Science Defined by the Court
Media Reaction to the Arkansas Trial	145	(16)
Effects of Journalism on Research Funding
Reporting from an Evolutionist Perspective
Where Is the Science in Creation Science?
Discounting the Evidence
Correction Attempt Fails
AAAS and Evolutionary Presuppositions
Audio Tapes Reveal Factual Account
Another Viewpoint
The Aftermath of the Arkansas Trial	161	(14)
Conventional Nuclear Waste Containment
An Innovative Approach to the Nuclear Waste Problem
Experimental Results Reach the U.S. Congress
Appeal to Continue Research
Final Results Support Young Age of Earth
End of an Era --- A Summary
The Case of the Unmailed Letter
Final Inquiry by a Member of Congress
Creation Confronts Evolution	175	(11)
A Geologist Evaluates Creation Science
My Presentation at the AAAS Symposium
A National Forum
Creation/Evolution Newsletter Attacks Polonium Halo Evidence
Vistas in Creation
Continued Attacks on Creation Science	186	(19)
Survey of Creation-Science Literature Yields Questionable Results
Another Response Denied
Response to the National Academy of Sciences
Challenge to the National Academy of Sciences
University of Tennessee Public Forum on Creation Science
Continuing Censorship at Science
Epilogue --- The Grand Design	205	(4)
Radiohalo Catalogue	209	(12)
Appendix	221	(132)
References	353	(4)
Credits	357	(2)
Index	359