"Evolution for Everyone": A Course that Expands Evolutionary Theory beyond the Biological Sciences

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-457

  O'Brien, Daniel Tumminelli ^a   Wilson, David Sloan ^a   Hawley, Patricia H ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward evolution; Culture of evolution; Evolution education; Interdisciplinary approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921973579     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-009-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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