Darwinism Comes to America

Autorentext
Ronald L. Numbers is Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin--Madison. He has served as president of the History of Science Society, the American Society of Church History, and the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Division of the History of Science and Technology.

Klappentext
Why do so many Americans still resist the ideas laid out by Darwin in "On the Origin of Species? Focusing on crucial aspects of the history of Darwinism in America, Ronald Numbers gets to the heart of this question. Displaying the expertise that has made him one of the most respected historians of his generation, he provides a much-needed historical perspective on today's quarrels about creationism and evolution--and illuminates the specifically American nature of this struggle.

Zusammenfassung
Focusing on crucial aspects of the history of Darwinism in America, Numbers gets to the heart of American resistance to Darwinâ™s ideas. He provides a much-needed historical perspective on todayâ™s quarrels about creationism and evolutionâand illuminates the specifically American nature of this struggle.

Inhalt
Introduction: Darwinism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design 1. Darwinism and the Dogma of Separate Creations: The Responses of American Naturalists to Evolution 2. Creating Creationism: Meaning and Used since the Age of Agassiz 3. Darwinism in the American South: From the Early 1860s to the Late 1920s 4. The Scopes Trial: History and Legend 5. "Sciences of Satanic Origin": Adventist Attitudes toward Evolutionary Biology and Geology 6. Creation, Evolution, and Holy Ghost Religion: Holiness and Evolutionary Biology and Geology Appendix: Naturalists in the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1900 Notes Acknowledgments Index

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