Edward John Larson

Provides a modern perspective on the legal and historical influence of the 1925 Scopes trial, the landmark case about teaching evolution in the classroom

The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

Summer for the Gods

Richard B Russell Professor of History and Talmadge Professor of Law Edward J Larson, J.D., PH.D.

Traces the history of evolutionary theory, from the eighteenth-century emergence of paleontology, through the breakthroughs of Darwin, to the backlash against evolutionism, to its resurrection through the science of genetics.

The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

Evolution

Now available in a newly revised and updated edition, Larson's highly-acclaimed study of the debate over teaching evolution in the public schools ranges from the Scopes trial of 1925 to the creationism disputes of the 1980s.

Edward John Larson

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