40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin(r), and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania, (Paperback)

from Devil_llama

An easy to read, enjoyable document of the Dover Intelligent Design trial, from the pen of one of Darwin's own descendants. Sometimes one can glimpse through the gentle humor just how perplexed the author is with the strange and weird world of American fundamentalism; most times, he's treating hi...

from Atomicmutant

A witty and personal account of the Dover, Pennsylvania Intelligent Design trial. Not exhaustive in detail, but quirky and a good, fun read.

from Madcow299

I enjoyed this book. I thought Chapman presented the individuals involved in a fairly objective light. He helped bring out the character of those involved and this helped make them seem more human and not just names on either side of the issue. While his own views are obvious, I do believe he tri...

from numbernine

Half-flippant, half-sweet overview of the Kitzmiller vs Dover Area School District court case, in which the school board attempted to introduce so-called Intelligent Design as an alternative to evolution. When I first started reading it, I got violently ill and couldn't stop throwing up for 24 ho...

from satyridae

Chapman, who is the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, here writes about the 2005 Dover PA trial regarding the school board's championing of Intelligent Design. He covers the trial with an old-fashioned reporter's flair. The cast of characters was so huge as to be hard to keep track of, thou...