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Shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology textbook. This title explores the development of biology textbooks leading up to the trial and the ways in which the textbook industry created new books and presented them as responses to the trial.

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"Adam R. Shapiro has situated the Scopes trial within a much broader context than any scholar before him. Trying Biology also demonstrates how ideologues have used differing interpretations of the Scopes trial to advance their agendas. By situating the trial within this much broader framework, the author has significantly enlarged our understanding of the conversations between religion and science in twentieth-century America." (Randall Balmer, author of The Making of Evangelicalism)"

Trying Biology

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 21 May 2013
      ISBN-13 9780226029450
      978-0226029450
      ISBN-10 022602945X
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      Teaching of a specific subject Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology textbook. This title explores the development of biology textbooks leading up to the trial and the ways in which the textbook industry created new books and presented them as responses to the trial.

      Trade Review
      "Adam R. Shapiro has situated the Scopes trial within a much broader context than any scholar before him. Trying Biology also demonstrates how ideologues have used differing interpretations of the Scopes trial to advance their agendas. By situating the trial within this much broader framework, the author has significantly enlarged our understanding of the conversations between religion and science in twentieth-century America." (Randall Balmer, author of The Making of Evangelicalism)"

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