Course guidebook includes bibliography (pages 70-73).
Contents
Before Darwin -- Evolution in the air -- Darwin's inspiration -- An intellectual revolution -- Debates over mechanism -- Missing links -- Genetics enters the picture -- Social Darwinism and eugenics -- America's anti-evolution crusade -- The Neo-Darwinian synthesis -- Scientific creationism -- Selfish genes and intelligent design.
Performer
Professor Edward J. Larson, University of Georgia.
Summary
This course is an enriching examination of the varied elements that so often make this science the object of strong sentiments and heated debate.