Darwin's Apostles: The Men Who Fought to Have Evolution Accepted, Their Times, and How the Battle Continues

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· Humanist Press
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When Darwin finally published The Origin of Species in 1859, there was no guarantee that the grand theory of natural selection would become one of the most valuable ideas impacting biology and our modernity. It was so controversial that some disapproving scientists, many in the Church, and powerful others worked to stop it from becoming known and accepted.


This is the story of Darwin, his life, times, and some of the brave scientists who supported and advocated for him at the birth of the scientific revolution.

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. David I. Orenstein is a full professor of Anthropology at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. He is the co-author of Godless Grace: How Non-Believers are Making the World Safer Richer and Kinder (2015). A primatologist by early training he has written for numerous national and international freethinker and science publications. Dr. Orenstein is also a noted civil and human rights activist, representing the American Humanist Association at the United Nations through the NGO/DPI program, and is a sought after speaker on human rights, science education and evolution acceptance.

Dr. Abigail A. Hafer has a D.Phil. in zoology from Oxford University and teaches human anatomy and physiology as a Senior Lecturer at Curry College. She is the author of The Not-So-Intelligent Designer—Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not. She has contributed chapters to the books Christianity in the Light of Science, and Women v. Religion, and articles to The American Biology Teacher, The Humanist, and the American Rationalist. She is a popular public speaker, and uses humor to puncture bad arguments. She takes particular delight in debunking both Creationism/Intelligent Design, and the gender binary. She has submitted a bill to the Massachusetts legislature that protects fact-based science education.

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