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RNCSE 31 (2)

  • June 16th, 2011
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2
Year: 
2011
Date: 
March-April
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RNCSE 30 (6)

  • April 25th, 2011
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Issue: 
6
Year: 
2010
Date: 
November-December
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Review: Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species

Year: 
2010
Issue: 
5
Title: 
Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation

The idea ofKeller: Darwin's On the Origin of Species: Keller: Darwin's On the Origin of Species - Book cover a graphic version of the Origin of Species is a good

Date: 
September-October
Author(s): 
Michael Keller, illustrated by Nicolle Rager Fuller
New York: Rodale, 2009. 192 pages
Page(s): 
38-39
Reviewer: 
David B Richman
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David B Richman is College Professor and Curator of the Arthropod Museum at New Mexico State University.

AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
David B Richman
Department of Entomology, Plant
Pathology, and Weed Science
MSC 3BE, Box 30003
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces NM 88003
nmbugman@taipan.nmsu.edu

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science
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Review: The Panda's Black Box

Year: 
2010
Issue: 
5
Title: 
The Panda's Black Box: Opening up the Intelligent Design Controversy

For anyone Comfort: The Panda's Black Box: The Panda's Black Box - coverinterested in a wideranging and detailed treatment of the “intelligent design” (ID) controversy, a thorough reading

Date: 
September-October
Author(s): 
edited by Nathaniel C Comfort
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 165 pages
Page(s): 
37–38
Reviewer: 
Glenn Sanford
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Glenn Sanford is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Sam Houston State University.

AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
Glenn Sanford
Department of Psychology and Philosophy
Sam Houston State University
Campus Box 2447
Huntsville TX 77341–2447
sanford@shsu.edu

topics: 
Intelligent Design Creationism
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Review: Darwin's Ark

Year: 
2010
Title: 
Darwin's Ark
Issue: 
5
Author(s): 
Phillip Appleman, illustrations by Rudy Pozzati
Date: 
September-October

When the Darwin's Ark: Cover: Darwin's ArkNational Center for Science Education asked me to review Darwin’s Ark, I demurred, saying I was not a scientist and while a sometimes poet, certainly not Philip Appleman

Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press, 2009. 112 pages
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36-37
Reviewer: 
Cleo Fellers Kocol
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Cleo Fellers Kocol’s poetry appears in many poetry journals. She is also the author of a historical novel, Fitzhugh’s Woman (North Charleston [SC]: Booksurge, 2009), and of an article about women’s rights in the July/August 2009 issue of The Humanist.

AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
Cleo Fellers Kocol
c/o NCSE
PO Box 9477
Berkeley CA 94709–0477
info@ncse.com

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Review: Creationism and the Conflict over Evolution

Year: 
2010
Issue: 
5
Title: 
Creationism and the Conflict over Evolution

As a theologianBook cover: Wiley - Creationism at the University of St Thomas (St Paul, Minnesota), Tatha Wiley engages Darwinian thought in order to gain insight into the doctrines of Christianity.

Date: 
September-October
Author(s): 
Tatha Wiley
Eugene (OR): Cascade Books, 2009. 154 pages
Page(s): 
35-36
Reviewer: 
Daniel K Brannan
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Daniel K Brannan is Professor of Biology at Abilene Christian University.

AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
Daniel K Brannan
Department of Biology
Abilene Christian University
ACU Box 27868
Abilene TX 79699–7868

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science & religion
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Origin of Polonium Halos

Title: 
Origin of Polonium Halos
Author(s): 
Lorence G Collins &nbsp &nbsp Barbara J Collins
Issue: 
5

INTRODUCTION

It has been more than twelve years since we (Collins 1988, 1997b; Hunt and others 1992) discussed Robert Gentry’s hypothesis proposing that polonium (Po) halos and granite were created nearly instantaneously on Day Three of the Genesis Week (Gen 1:9–10; Gentry 1965, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1988). It is worth examining new information pertinent to the origin of polonium halos. Gentry points out that most granite petrologists believe that all granite bodies of large size are formed deep in the earth’s crust from magma (molten rock)

Year: 
2010
Date: 
September-October
Page(s): 
11–16
About the Author(s): 

Lorence G Collins is a retired professor of geology at California State University, Northridge, who has written extensively to promote general knowledge about geology and to counter arguments by anti-evolutionists, including four other articles for RNCSE, which can be found at California State University, Northridge. [Internet]

Barbara J Collins has taught biology at California Lutheran University for 47 years. She has a PhD in geology from the University of Illinois and was the first woman to earn a PhD in geology at this university.

AUTHORS’ ADDRESSES
Lorence G Collins
Geoscience Department
California State University Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330
lorencec@sysmatrix.net

Barbara J Collins
Biology Department
California Lutheran University
60 Olsen Road
Thousand Oaks CA 91360
bcollins@clunet.edu

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earth science
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RNCSE 30 (5)

  • January 7th, 2011
Issue: 
5
Year: 
2010
Date: 
September-October
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The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness

Year: 
2011
Title: 
The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness
Date: 
Forthcoming

Have you ever seen the bumper sticker “Practice Random Acts of Kindness”? I was thinking about that bumper sticker as I began to write this review. A quick Google search revealed that there are, in fact, more than 300 different bumper stickers extolling the virtues of kindness or encouraging us to practice it. An act of kindness seems so simple. The concept of kindness (or altruism), however, is anything but simple.

Author(s): 
Oren Harman
New York: WW Norton, 2010.
Reviewer: 
Stephen Pruett-Jones
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Stephen Pruett-Jones
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
1101 East 57th St.
Chicago IL 60637
pruett-jones@uchicago.edu

Stephen Pruett-Jones is an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. His research concerns sexual selection and the evolution of social behavior.

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Edward Blyth: Creationist or Just Another Misinterpreted Scientist?

Title: 
Edward Blyth: Creationist or Just Another Misinterpreted Scientist?
Author(s): 
James K Willmot
Issue: 
5

In early December 2007, my hometown newspaper, the Louisville, Kentucky, Courier- Journal, published my opinion piece concerning the newly opened creation museum in northern Kentucky. As a former science teacher with a particular interest in the understanding and advancement of science in society, I expressed my concern that this $27-million facility dedicated to the rejection of all science that contradicts a literal interpretation of biblical scripture is exceeding attendance expectations and gaining momentum in its mission to cast doubt on evolutionary biology and

Year: 
2009
Date: 
September-October
Page(s): 
36–37
About the Author(s): 

James K Willmot is a former middle school science teacher and environmental laboratory director.


AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
James K Willmot
7249 Fox Harbor Rd
Prospect KY 40059

jimwillmot@bellsouth.net


[A version of this article previously appeared on-line on May 19, 2008, at Butterflies & Wheels.]

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