“We have the purpose of preventing bigots and ignoramuses from controlling
the education of the United States,” declared Clarence Darrow in the Scopes
trial, where religion and science clashed and tangled over evolution. Edward
Larson won the Pulitzer Prize in History for his excellent Summer for the Gods,
an investigation into the trial and why it still matters. Get the paperback to
get up to speed. Published by Harvard University Press,
£9.50/$14.95, ISBN 0674854292.
More from New ¾«¶«´«Ã½
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Mathematics
Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem
News
Mathematics
Start-ups are racing to revolutionise mathematics with AI
News
Health
3D-printed lymph nodes could widen access to CAR T-cell therapy
News
Environment
'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'
Culture
Popular articles
Trending New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ articles
1
Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything
2
First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from
3
Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail
4
New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends Turi King's expert book about DNA's secrets
5
How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin – and aliens
6
Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes
7
Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb
8
The day quantum computers break the internet
9
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer
10
Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
