A good read–I would say must read–is this interview with Robert Numbers, author of “The Creationists”. It is particularly interesting for the history of the movement and for his personal rejection of his religious upbringing–I don’t like the expressions “conversion” or “deconversion” for giving up superstition.
A good read–I would say must read–is this interview with Robert Numbers, author of “The Creationists”. It is particularly interesting for the history of the movement and for his personal rejection of his religious upbringing–I don’t like the expressions “conversion” or “deconversion” for giving up superstition.
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/02/numbers/
There are of course things he says that I find contestable, but it is very informative.
This pilot episode of Wired Science is worth a look. There is a good report on stem cells.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/pilot.html