‘A rich mine of often-overlooked information, personal interpretations of the history of science that are provocative and sometimes astonishing, and a sceptical sociologist's view of the grand narrative that science, and especially the neo-Darwinian synthesis, is apt to claim for itself.’
Keith Ward, Times Higher Education ‘The richness and complexity of argument defy critical summary.’
Keith Ward, Times ... Read moreHigher Education ‘Fuller's account of Biblical literalism also looks unlike what anyone else means by it. He says literalism is not a plain descriptive account or 'fixed doctrine', but an 'act of communication' demanding a personal response. But in biblical hermeneutics, this is just what is opposed to 'literalism'. So his positive view turns out to be idiosyncratic and possibly misleading - what he defends is rarely what the people he defends think.’
Keith Ward, Times Higher Education ‘He achieves his aims of forcing readers to re-examine the terms of the evolution versus intelligent design debate, to see how ID-type views have driven scientists in the past, and to question a view of science as "a unified mode of inquiry with a uniquely progressive character." Even should the book fail to convince, it will certainly not fail to stimulate.’
Keith Ward, Times Higher Education ‘Bold, original and intensely thought-provoking.’
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