Creation Science Is Not Science
@article{Ruse1982CreationSI,
title={Creation Science Is Not Science},
author={Michael Ruse},
journal={Science, Technology \& Human Values},
year={1982},
volume={7},
pages={72 - 78},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143503427}
}Michael Ruse served as an expert witness in a trial concerning the constitutionality of an Arkansas law requiring public school biology teachers to present creationism as a viable scientific alternative to evolutionary theory.
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