Science and Earth History: Evolution/Creation Controversy - Softcover

Strahler, Arthur N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879754141 ISBN 13: 9780879754143

Publisher: Prometheus Books UK, 2000

Synopsis

In this comprehensive treatment of the ongoing conflict between creationists and evolutionary scientists, well-known geomorphologist Arthur Strahler carefully examines creationists' claims of scientific evidence for the six-day divine creation of the universe, followed by the catastrophic flood of Noah, as claimed in "Genesis". The creationists' arguments are examined and evaluated against the findings of mainstream science in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, geophysics, geology, palaeontology, and evolutionary biology. Updated with a new preface and responses to recent attacks on evolutionary theory, "Science and Earth History" can serve as both a popular overview of earth history and as a scholarly anecdote to the fictions of creationism once again finding their way into classrooms and universities. Strahler illuminates the controversy by reviewing the philosophy, methodology, and sociology of empirical science, as contrasted with the belief systems of religion and pseudoscience. The author also includes lucid criteria for distinguishing science from pseudoscience, and reviews the great discoveries and developments in science that point to the evolution of life over the earth's three-billion-year history.

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About the Author

Arthur Strahler was professor and chairman of geomorphology at the Department of Geology of Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prometheus Books UK
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879754141
• ISBN 13: 9780879754143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 750