THE UNDEAD DARWIN: ICONIC NARRATIVE, SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Tags: DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882; RELIGION & science; INTELLIGENT design (Teleology); SCIENCE & civilization; NATURAL selection; EVOLUTION (Biology); SOCIAL influence; SCIENCE -- History
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- DARWIN DAY CELEBRATION. Stephens, Robert J. // Humanist;Jan/Feb2009, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p10
This article celebrates the achievements and legacy of biologist Charles Darwin, who lay the foundation for many aspects of modern science. His concepts of natural selection led to a separation of science and religion, despite the opposition of some religious sects. 2009 will be the bicentennial...
- No contest. // New Scientist;7/9/2005, Vol. 187 Issue 2507, p5
The article reports that eighty years after the infamous monkey trial, when John Scopes was tried for teaching evolution, pressure on Charles Darwin's theory is growing once again. Intelligent design uses the language of science to argue that man will never understand nature unless he takes the...
- The Divine Optician. RISKIN, JESSICA // American Historical Review;Apr2011, Vol. 116 Issue 2, p352
An essay that explores the history of the study of the eye is presented. It examines how the physiology of the eye has served as a point of argumentation between theologians and natural scientists throughout history. It discusses how naturalist Charles Darwin was struck with the perfection of...
- The Little Engine That Could... Undo Darwinism. Peterson, Dan // American Spectator;Jun2005, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p34
Discusses the religious and scientific implications of intelligent design (ID). Concept of ID based on biological sciences and the theory of creationism; Background on the proponents of ID who are affiliated with the Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, Washington; Difference between...
- Monkey See, Monkey Do. Alter, Jonathan // Newsweek;8/15/2005, Vol. 146 Issue 7, p27
Comments on the theory of intelligent design (ID). Reference to the debate over Darwin in the Kansas schools; Suggestion that one of the reasons the U.S. has fewer science majors is the right-wing notion that conventional biology is vaguely atheistic; Approach of U.S. President George W. Bush...
- Natural Selection: Constantly Testing. Zimmerman, Michael // Phi Kappa Phi Forum;Fall2012, Vol. 92 Issue 3, p15
The article explores opposing views to Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Three elemental criteria that exist in every population are required by natural selection and which are said to also end up with evolution. Scientists and theologians expressed skepticism with natural selection...
- The Evolution of Charles Darwin. Sulloway, Frank J. // Smithsonian;Dec2005, Vol. 36 Issue 9, p58
The article focuses on the work Charles Darwin on the Gal�pagos Islands. The author reviews his own experience visiting the islands and provides a description of the islands natural conditions. The geological formation of the Gal�pagos Island is reviewed. The article includes excerpts of...
- The Darwinian Revolution Revisited. Herbert, Sandra // Journal of the History of Biology;Spring2005, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p51
Reflects on the propriety of the phrase "Darwinian revolution" and on the author's experience working in the Darwin Archive. Author's claim that knowledge of the extinction of species was at the top of the list of causes promoting evolutionary thinking; Additional claim that the fate of...
- Against "Revolution" and "Evolution". Hodge, Jonathan // Journal of the History of Biology;Spring2005, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p101
Argues that historians of science should abandon any notion of a Darwinian revolution and that other historiographies can be developed, especially by younger people in the years ahead. View that the historiographic themes of "evolution" and "revolution" need replacing because they perpetuate...
