|
|
|
|
Edward Larson
|
| |
|
| |
Edward John Larson is an American historian and legal scholar. He is University Professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, he was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia.
He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.
Discussion
Ask a question about 'Edward Larson' Start a new discussion about 'Edward Larson' Answer questions from other users |
Encyclopedia
Edward John Larson is an American historian and legal scholar. He is University Professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, he was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia.
He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. The book argues that "Inherit the Wind" (both play and movie) misrepresented the actual Scopes Trial.
He graduated from Williams College and received his law degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In 2005, he was interviewed by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on evolution along side William Dembski and Ellie Crystal.
In a talk at the Pew Forum entitled , Larson said "Behe has never developed his arguments for intelligent design in peer-reviewed science articles."
External links
|
| |
|
|
