Showing posts with label Ron Numbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Numbers. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2008

Ron Numbers on humans, dinosaurs, and Sarah Palin

There is a whole chapter in the Rough Guide to Evolution on the religious opposition to the theory of evolution by natural selection. I was very fortunate to have the chapter looked over by Ron Numbers, who probably ranks as number one world expert on creationism and by Lauri Lebo, a journalist who covered the Dover trial. Both provided helpful feedback and reassurance that I had my facts straight (but usual caveat: any mistakes remain my responsibility, not theirs). 

I was thus interested to see Ron Numbers' take on the Sarah Palin's creationism. Read more on the Harvard University Press Publicity Blog.