Confronting the foes of candor and knowledge.(Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism)(Book review)

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Krause, Kenneth W. | Copyright information

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Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism. Edited by Andrew Petto and Laurie Godfrey. W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-393-05090-5. 304 pp. Hardcover, $27.95.

When anti-intellectualism passes easily for anti-elitism and opposition to education masquerades as politically charged populism, both science and the societies it serves are in deep trouble. In America, fundamentalist religion and evolution have battle...

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