Selected Links
Background Material:
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-species/ Darwin’s The Origin of Species online.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517123207/qid=1058482328/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-6340405-4757507 Hard copy of The Origin of Species from Amazon.com.
Sites Generally Supportive of Evolutionary Theory:
http://www.ncseweb.org National Center for Science Education, based in Oakland California. The NCSE’s goal is to promote and defend the teaching of evolution in the public schools and keep “scientific creationism” out of the classroom.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/ Site dedicated to the 2001 seven-part television broadcast series regarding evolution.
http://www.talkorigins.org/ The Talk.Origins Archive’s primary purpose is to provide responses to questions that appear in the talk.origins newsgroup and to rebut “assertions of those advocating intelligent design or other creationist pseudosciences.”
Sites Generally Critical of Aspects of Evolutionary
Theory:
http://www.arn.org/index.html# Access Research Network. ARN’s goal is to provide information regarding controversial issues such as genetic engineering, euthanasia, creation/evolution, and others. ARN also seeks to address the related political, ethical and philosophical issues relating to scientific topics.
www.discovery.org/csc/ Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute. CSC “supports research by scholars challenging various aspects of neo-Darwinian theory; supports research by scientists and other scholars developing the scientific theory known as intelligent design; supports research by scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities exploring the impact of scientific materialism on culture; and encourages schools to improve science education by teaching students more fully about the theory of evolution, including the theory's scientific weaknesses as well strengths.”
Intelligent Design:
http://www.designinference.com/ Contains articles by William A. Dembski, currently probably the most visible proponent of intelligent design.
http://www.iscid.org International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design. Seeks to provide a “free and uncensored inquiry into complex systems.”
http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~idea/idprospects.htm Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Club. IDEA’s purpose is to promote the idea that life was designed by an intelligent being, and to discuss issues related to creation and evolution.
Selected Articles:
http://www.discovery.org/articleFiles/PDFs/survivalOfTheFakest.pdf Survival of the Fakest, by Jonathan Wells. This article questions the objectivity of biology textbooks used in public schools by discussing several examples of false or misleading evidence presented in support of evolution. This article is closely related to Wells’ book, Icons of Evolution. Readers may also be interested in Matzke’s (formerly known as Nic Tamzek) critique of Icons of Evolution, found at http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~idea/tamzek1.htm, as well as a rebuttal to Matzke’s critique, found at http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1133.
http://www.id.ucsb.edu/fscf/LIBRARY/berlinski/deniable.html David Berlinski’s classic essay The Deniable Darwin. A tongue-in-cheek look at evolutionary theory.
http://natureinstitute.org/txt/rb/dogma/dogmadoubt.htm Essay by Ronald H. Brady. Provides a detailed examination of the tautology argument, testability, and certain historical underpinnings of Darwinism.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF Article in July 2002 issue of Scientific American entitled 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense. Readers may also be interested in rebuttals by Apologetics Press at http://www.apologeticspress.org/docsdis/2002/dc-02-safull.pdf entitled 15 Answers to John Rennie and Scientific American’s Nonsense, and by Harun Yahya at http://www.harunyahya.com/70Sciam15Errors_sci31.html.
Evolution in Public Education:
California: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/sci-frame-dwnld.asp California Department of Education 2003 Science Framework for California Public Schools.
California: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/sci-stnd.pdf Science Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve.
New York: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/pub/livingen.pdf Living Environment Core Curriculum State of New York.
Readers may also be interested in checking out the state education links found at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/local/standards.html.
Updated April 20, 2005