Infidels at the gates: science and religion in the 1800 election: lessons for today?

From: Science & Spirit | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Political posturing for and against science is as old as the republic. The latest surge is typified by a spate of popular new books. The Republican War on Science, for example, tells us that religious conservatives and business interests have forced Republicans to dismiss science and oppose stem cell research and teaching evolution in public schools. At the same time, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth extols science, arguing that it will save us from global warming. But we should not be surprised to hear that this partisan row has been going on for 200 years. Our best illustration ...

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