Twenty questions: What have the courts said about the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools?

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 766-771

  Moore, Randy ^a   Jensen, Murray ^a   Hatch, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Court decisions; Creationism; Evolution; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042570800     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0766:TQWHTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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