evolution

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evolution

The creation

1990
Phrases and images from the first chapter of Genesis depict the miracle of creation.

Inherit the wind

1960
A play loosely based on the events which took place in Dayton, Tennessee during the Scopes Trial in July of 1925. Called the trial of the century, the main focus is on the two lawyers, Bryan and Darrow.

The sandwalk adventures

an adventure in evolution told in five chapters
2003
Presents an explanation of evolution in graphic novel form through a conversation between Charles Darwin and Mara, a follicle mite that lives in his left eyebrow and believes him to be a god.

Evolution

2005
Presents a collection of nineteen essays on the controversial theory of evolution, and address issues such as Darwin's ideas of natural selection, tracing man's origins, creationist arguments, and more.

The Scopes trial

2003
An account of the historic 1925 trial in which a Tennessee high school biology teacher was accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

How life began

1990
Explores the mysteries of how life began, discussing the formation of planet earth, the first signs of living matter, the time of dinosaurs, and the development of human beings.

The Scopes "Monkey" trial

2005
Examines the 1925 trial of John Scopes who was charged with violating a law against teaching evolution in public schools in Tennessee, introduces some of the people involved in the sensational case, and discusses the lasting legacy of the guilty verdict.

Yellow & pink

1984
Two painted wooden figures argue about where they came from, whether they just happened by accident or were created by some other being.

Full house

the spread of excellence from Plato to Darwin
1997
Presents the view of scientific progress in which variety, and not complexity, is heralded as the true measure of excellence, illustrated by examples such as the disappearance of 0.400 hitting in baseball and the absence of modern Mozarts.

The half-life of facts

why everything we know has an expiration date
2012
Scientometrics expert Samuel Arbesan presents an approach to understanding the ever-changing information that bombards us, and explains that knowledge in most fields evolves in systematic and predictable ways.

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