lew (10/07/82)
As a result of this creationism discussion I read a book which I highly recommend. It is by Dorothy Nelkin and the title is "Science Textbook Controversies and the Politics of Equal Time." The book is from The MIT Press and the author is a sociologist. She takes a very calm and even handed approach, clearly elucidating the social foundations of these disputes. The book centers on the California textbook controversy and the national controversy over MACOS (Man : A Course of Study.) It also discusses the science education efforts of the NSF from the sixties onward, that Dave Hollander may have been alluding to. The book was published in 1977 and does not contain anything on the latest rounds in Arkansas and Louisiana. Lew Mammel, Jr. - BTL Indian Hill