Required reading regarding the creationism controversy. (Book Reviews).(Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science)(Book Review)

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Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science. By Massimo Pigliucci. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass., 2002. ISBN 0-87893-659-9. 338 pages. Paperback, $24.95.

Why do so many Americans deny evolution? What can be done about this state of affairs? These are the fundamental questions comprising the foundation for Massimo Pigliucci's Denying Evolution. Pigliucci is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Tennessee and a veteran of public debates with evolution deniers.

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