Numbers, Ronald L

Examines twenty-five episodes in the history of science and religion that the author claims are myths that perpetuate the impression that the two fields are and always have been in conflict.

Chronicles the history of the modern revival of creationism, looks at the source of twenty-first-century beliefs and how they differ from the anti-Darwin sentiments of the 1800s, and discusses how advocates of the modern creationist movement have tried to influence school curriculums.