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Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
Viking Adult
June 2008
On Sale: June 12, 2008
256 pages
ISBN: 067001883X
EAN: 9780670018833
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A leading scientist examines the battle between evolution
and Intelligent Design in America At the dawn of the twenty- first century, the debate over
Darwin’s theory of evolution is nearly as contentious as it
was in the notorious Scopes trial a century ago. Today,
however, people who believe that evolution is “only a
theory” have put their hopes in a concept known as
Intelligent Design. In Only a Theory, Kenneth Miller dissects the claims of the
ID movement in the same incisive style that marked his
testimony as an expert witness in Pennsylvania’s landmark
2005 Dover evolution trial. Unlike other books on the subject, Only a Theory’s critique
of ID goes far beyond the scientific claims of the movement.
To Miller, America’s “soul”—its place as the world’s leading
scientific nation—is at risk because of this struggle. As he
explains, the tactics of this new assault on science mimic
earlier efforts of the academic left to remake science as a
relativistic, culturally determined enterprise, rather than
a rational search for truth about the natural world. Such
marginalization, he argues, would effectively destroy
American science. Despite this analysis, Miller refuses to play the role of
pessimist. He sees this as a teachable opportunity, a moment
at which public understanding and support for science can be
redeemed, and offers nothing less than a prescription for
how America can save its scientific soul.
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