Among the creationists [[electronic resource] ] : dispatches from the anti-evolutionist front line / / Jason Rosenhouse

• Autore: Rosenhouse Jason
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 231.7/652
• Soggetto topico: Creationism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Among the creationists
• ISBN: 0-19-026782-8; 1-280-59326-1; 9786613623096; 0-19-990816-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461276803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II