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Trials of the monkey : an accidental memoir

by Matthew Chapman

Travelling to Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the 1925 Scopes Trial, Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson examines how creationist beliefs have changed over seventy-five years. This work combines travel writing, history, and personal memoir to explore the debate on evolution.

Accession 14781 ISBN 0312283571 Publisher Picador
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