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From the National Center for Science Education.
A Wellcome resource on evolution
The January 2007 issue of Big Picture -- a publication of the
Wellcome Trust in the United Kingdom that seeks to provide
high-school students with "up-to-date information on research
findings in biomedicine, and the social and ethical implications of
this research" -- is devoted to evolution. The first page of the
lively and colorful sixteen-page issue (PDF) explains the plan: "Why
does Darwinian evolution raise controversy when, say, quantum
mechanics scarcely registers on the public consciousness? This issue
of Big Picture looks at the theory of evolution, the evidence that
supports it, unanswered questions and the history of public reaction."
Included are discussions of the history of the development of
evolutionary theory, the tree of life, evolution in action (including
pathogen evolution), current unanswered questions (including the
origin of life and the relevance of evolutionary explanations to
human behavior), and the social and religious impact of evolution in
Darwin's day and in our own. Creationism is discussed in the latter
section, with a discussion of the varying religious reactions to
evolution, a brief treatment of creationism (singling out the 1925
Scopes trial and the 2005 trial in Kitzmiller v. Dover as the
landmark events), and a discussion of the nature of science. The
Wellcome Trust is an independent charity funding research to improve
human and animal health.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd026042.pdf
Martin
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Martin Weiss, Ph.D
Vice President, Science
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111 th Street
Corona, New York 11368
718 699 0005 x 356
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