Books

	Scott, Eugenie C. 2008. Evolution vs. Creationism, Second Edition. Greenwood Press. An excellent description of the history of the conflict written by one of the leading advocates for the teaching of evolution. This resource offers many facets about the current debate and discusses the nature of science and how evolution works. Scott is Executive Director for the National Center for Science Education. A book that is easy to read for everyone.
	Forrest, Barbara and Paul R. Gross. 2004. Creationism's Trojan Horse. The Wedge of Intelligent Design. Oxford University Press. Forrest is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana. Gross is a well-known physiologist. According to a reviewer (Steven Pinker of Harvard) this book "documents the disturbing movement to sneak religious dogma back into science education.... Educators, scientists and politicians would do well to understand this movement and its tactics, and this book is a superb and timely analysis."
	Dawkins, Richard. 2004. The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. Houghton Mifflin. Loosely based on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, this book is a tour de force of scientific exposition, with a journey back to the very first bacterium from the tremendous biological diversity of today.
	Young, Matt and Taner Edis (Editors). 2005. Why Intelligent Design Fails. A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism. Rutgers University Press. This series of contributions from scientists is very readable and devastates almost every aspect of the 'icons' of intelligent design creationism
	Pennock, Robert T. 2000. Tower of Babel. The Evidence against the New Creationism. MIT Press. Clearly written in direct prose, this volume uses the basics of linguistic evaluation to dismantle the very foundations of current creationism. The author uses sound philosophical arguments to show that the evolutionary world view is not immoral or a step towards atheism.
	Mooney, Chris. 2005. The Republican War on Science. Basic Books. This highly documented and well-researched book has received critical acclaim. John Gibbons, former Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and former presidential science adviser wrote: "Chris Mooney doesn't beat around the bush in his well-documented roasting of those who would make a mockery of the processes and results of science. Read it and weep over the loss of reason among our leaders." Includes coverage of creationism/evolution material.
	Futuyma, Douglas. J. 2005. Evolution. Sinauer Associates. The leading textbook for college courses in evolution, but an excellent reference for secondary teachers and anyone desiring to learn the basics of evolutionary biology.
	Kirschner, Marc. W. and John Gerhart. 2005. The Plausibility of Life. Resolving Darwin's Dilemma. Illustrated by John Norton. Yale University Press. 336 pages. Offers a new idea, "facilitated variation," to explain evolutionary mechanisms and provides a timely rebuttal to intelligent design.
	Carroll, Sean B. 2005. Endless Forms Most Beautiful. The New Science of Evo Devo. W.W. Norton. 350 pages. Shows how evolutionary developmental biology intertwines animals as not done in the past. Reviews how all animals originated from a small number of primitive 'master' genes.
	Eldredge, Niles. 2005. Darwin. Discovering the Tree of Life. W. W. Norton & Company. A riveting tribute to Charles Darwin in celebration of his two-hundredth Birthday.
	Isaak Mark. 2005. The Counter-Creationism Handbook. Greenwood Pres. Provides answers and rebuttals to almost all creationist/ID claims against evolution. A real and valid arsenal of weapons for those who discuss the topic with anti-evolutionists.
	Scott, Eugenie and Glenn Branch (Eds.). 2006. Not in Our Classrooms. Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools. Beacon Press. An important collection of essays by supporters of evolution teaching that spells out the valid arguments. against ID
	Bybee, Rodger W. (Editor). 2007. Evolutionary Science and Society: Activities for The Classroom. Published by Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. Covers five general areas for teaching evolution and includes a CD with pdfs of activity.
	Petto, Andre J. and Laurie R. Godfrey. 2007. Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism. W. W. Norton. Publishers Weekly stated: " [a] serious, comprehensive collection of new and revised essays from some of the biggest names in the anti-creationist field."
	Chapman, Matthew. 2007. Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania. Harper Collins. One of several planned books on the Dover trial by a descendent of Charles Darwin.
	Humes, Edward. 2007. Monkey Girl. Harper Collins. Another readable account of the Dover trial.
	Rice, Stanley A. 2007. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Facts on File. 468 pages. The author is a member of the Board of Governors of OESE.
	National Academy of Science and Institute of Medicine. 2007. Science, Evolution, and Creationism. This book is designed to give the public a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the current scientific understanding of evolution and its importance in the science classroom. " provides the public with coherent explanations and concrete examples of the science of evolution. The study of evolution remains one of the most active, robust, and useful fields in science."
	Moore, Randy and Mark D. Decker. 2008. More than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution-Creationism Controversy. Greenwood Press, 448 pages.
	Lebo, Lauri, The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America. 2008. W. W. Norton. An excellent view of the trial by a local reporter; has received excellent reviews. One of the best of several books on the Kitzmiller court proceedings.
	Sanger, Carrie (Editor). 2008. Voices for Evolution (Third Edition). National Center for Science Education, Berkeley, CA. 202 p. Paper. Statements supporting evolution by scientific, religious, educational and civil liberties organizations
	Miller, Kenneth R. 2008. Only a Theory. Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. Viking Press, New York. 244 p.
	Pennock, Robert T. and Michael Ruse (Editors). 2008. But is it Science? The Philosophical Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY. 577 p. (paper).

Books on the Compatibility of Faith and the Acceptance of Evolution

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