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Autore |
Rosenhouse Jason |
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Titolo |
Among the creationists [[electronic resource] ] : dispatches from the anti-evolutionist front line / / Jason Rosenhouse |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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0-19-026782-8 |
1-280-59326-1 |
9786613623096 |
0-19-990816-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creationism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Vignettes -- pt. 2. The creation mega-conference, Lynchburg, Virginia, July 2005 -- pt. 3. The "Darwin vs. design" conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 2007 -- pt. 4. Visiting the creation museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, August 2010 -- pt. 5. The sixth international conference on creationism, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 2008. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why do so many Americans reject the modern theory of evolution? Seeking answers, mathematician Jason Rosenhouse became a regular attendee at creationist conferences and other gatherings. After ten years of attending events like the giant Creation Mega-Conference in Lynchburg, Virginia, and visiting sites like the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, and after hundreds of mostly friendly conversations with creationists of varying stripes, he has emerged with a story to tell, a story that goes well beyond the usual stereotypes of Bible-thumping fanatics railing against coldly rational scient |
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