Secure Trial Error: The American Controversy Over Creation Evolution Produced By Edward J. Larson Displayed In Mobi

and Error traces the coverage or lack thereof, of evolution in textbooks used in American public schools from the mids to the present, While the teaching of Darwinian evolution was common and not controversial in the lateth century and into the earlyth century, the debates between evolutionists and creationists, those who argue that the Biblical theory of origins deserves equal treatment, have flared throughout the twentieth centuryfirst in thes, most famously in the Scopes trial again in thes, when the regional legislation banning the teaching of evolution was overturned, notably in Arkansas and Louisiana and throughout thes with various controversies over science textbooks, including California.
Larson proposes to bring the subject up to the present through a discussion of recent trends, including the "intelligent design" movement, led by Phillip Johnson, a revised form of antievolutionism that gained popularity on college campuses the
impact of Michael Behe's versions of evolution and debates over what counts as evidence for and against evolutionall of which have influenced debates over science standards, particularly at state and local levels.
This new chapter will chronicle antievolution actions in Kansas and elsewhere and counteractions by the National Academy of Science and other anticreationist groups, This updated classic work presents a balanced historical interpretation of legal and educational debates over evolutionism, and will appeal to those interested in the fields of history, religion, science, and law.

Edward J. Larson is the author of many acclaimed works in American history, including the Pulitzer Prizewinning history of the Scopes Trial, Summer for the Gods, He is University Professor of History and Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine

University, and lives with his family near Los Angeles, .