The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates (Controversies in Science) - Hardcover

"This guide provides teachers in major disciplines with a gold mine of information to get the big picture." - VOYA "...highly recommended for academic and public libraries." - American Reference Books Annual "The text is interesting and readable for the nonscientist, while maintaining a scholarly style. Students in advanced placement natural and social science courses will find this book interesting and useful in the study of evolution." - The Book Report "...an engaging, thought-provoking, and witty analysis of the history of evolutionary thought ... The evolution controversies are themselves fascinating subjects, and Ruse makes them much more understandable by placing them in the historical, social, religious, and even personal contexts of their times ... A must read for students of evolution and the philosophy of science, but also for anyone interested in a fascinating history of a most radical and continuing change in scientific thought that (like it or not) permeates all of biology and society today." - Choice

This award winning text draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. * Includes a collection of interesting photographs, ranging from portraits to facsimiles of original texts