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Edward J. Larson

Edward J. Larson is the author of seven books and the recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. His other books include Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory; Evolution's Workshop; God and Science on the Galapagos Islands; and Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution. Larson has also written over one hundred articles, most of which address topics of law, science, or politics from an historical perspective, which have appeared in such varied journals as The Atlantic, Nature, Scientific American, The Nation,... Read full bio

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The Independent, February 1, 2013
...Another reason we came second. "The British expedition was designed entirely for scientific research," wrote Amundsen. "The Pole was only a side-issue… in my plan it was the main object." In this gripping study, Larson explains that "scientifically...
Tacoma News Tribune, October 24, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that posits...
Scientific American, January 17, 2013
...the race to the South Pole, explorer Robert F. Scott refused to sacrifice his ambitious science agenda By Edward J. Larson June 2...
Machines Like Us, December 30, 2012
...from clergy, with the conflict showcased by the famous debate between Bishop Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley in 1860. Edward J. Larson in his book The Summer of the Gods says that opposition to Darwin's ideas arose much more slowly in the US, not...
South Carolina State, October 28, 2012
...Two hundred years before the contested election of 2000, another contested election pitted a sitting vice president against a president running for a second term, for the only time in U.S. history. I?m talking, of course, about Thomas Jefferson and John...
Herald & Review, October 27, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that posits...
Centre Daily Times, October 24, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that...
Tacoma News Tribune, October 24, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that posits...
Modesto Bee, October 24, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that posits...