Edward J. Larson is the Richard B. Russell Professor of History and Professor of Law, University of Georgia.
"Larson...ably illuminates the legal and constitutional
issues...yet he is admirably aware that what transpires in state
houses and law courts usually reflects larger social forces."--The
New Republic
"The main contribution of the book is that it traces clearly the
legal controversies surrounding evolution and creationism in
American high schools, but readers will also enjoy a vivid
retelling of personal credos, political machinations, pedagogical
developments, and other historical circumstances surrounding the
vicissitudes of 'public science' in the schools."--Science
"The publication in 1985 of an important study of the persistent
controversy over the theory of evolution by Edward J. Larson
received scant attention in several major historical
journals...Whatever the reasons for this oversight, Larson,
fortuneatly, has expanded the original edition...Larson's study is
written in clear, crisp prose that makes complex legal issues
easily comprehensible to the nonspecialist...Few will be so naive
as to believe that the court
decisions of the 1980s have laid to rest the
creationist-evolutionist debate."--Isis
"The merging of several disciplines in a single scholar proves
unusually rewarding to the treatment of creationism in American
education. Whatever the outcome of the current cases...the need for
a scholarly assessment of antecedents and prospects in this area
has never been clearer."--Journal of Law and Religion
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