A war on science [videorecording] / BBC ; written and produced by James van der Pool.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FFH 36232 | Films for the Humanities & Sciences36232 | Films for the Humanities & SciencesPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.Description: 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Intelligent design in the classroom
Uniform titles:
  • Horizon (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BS652 .W37 2006
Narrator, Bill Paterson.Summary: Describes the theory of intelligent design's quasi-scientific origins and documents the Dover, Penn. court battle over teaching it in biology classes. Examines whether advocates of the intelligent design theory are really creationists in disguise and discusses how the intelligent design argument has widened America's cultural divide. Provides a historical overview of the creation vs. evolution debate in the United States, highlighting 20th-century struggles over separation of church and state and the implications that these issues present for American education.
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DVD-R.

Closed-captioned.

Narrator, Bill Paterson.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the BBC television program Horizon in 2006.

Describes the theory of intelligent design's quasi-scientific origins and documents the Dover, Penn. court battle over teaching it in biology classes. Examines whether advocates of the intelligent design theory are really creationists in disguise and discusses how the intelligent design argument has widened America's cultural divide. Provides a historical overview of the creation vs. evolution debate in the United States, highlighting 20th-century struggles over separation of church and state and the implications that these issues present for American education.