NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/06/02
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2017-06-02 15:53.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A new issue of RNCSE is available on-line, as is a preview of Rob Wesson's Darwin's First Theory.
RNCSE 37:2 NOW ON-LINE NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue -- volume 37, number 2 -- is the sixth issue in the newsletter's new, streamlined, and full-color format. Featured are Stephanie Keep's interview of climatologist Ben Santer; Randy Moore's discussion of a creationist museum in Abilene, Texas; Emily Schoerning's report on NCSE's Science Booster Club program; Ann Reid's review of Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles's The Madhouse Effect; and Claire Adrian-Tucci's introduction to the members of NCSE's Teacher Advisory Board. The entire issue is freely available in PDF form from http://reports.ncse.com. Members of NCSE will have already received the issue in the mail, and will be receiving the next issue of Reports in early 2017. (Not a member? Join today!) For RNCSE 37:2 (PDF), visit: http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/article/view/411/802 For information about joining NCSE, visit: http://ncse.com/join A GLIMPSE OF DARWIN'S FIRST THEORY NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Rob Wesson's Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth (Pegasus Books, 2017). The preview consists of chapter 14, "From Natural Selection to Plate Tectonics," which offers a personal and historical exploration of the connections between Darwin's travel and science and the development of modern plate tectonics. Rob Wesson is a Scientist Emeritus at the United States Geological Survey. Robert H. Dott Jr. (a member of NCSE's Advisory Council) describes Darwin's First Theory as "[a] lively, readable account of field experiences while chasing the records in southern Chile of several of Earth's most severe earthquakes. A very welcome addition to the history of the geosciences." For the preview (PDF), visit: https://ncse.com/files/pub/evolution/excerpt--first.pdf And for information about the book from its publisher, visit: http://pegasusbooks.com/books/darwins-first-theory-9781681773162-hardcover WHAT'S NEW AT NCSE'S BLOG? Have you been visiting NCSE's blog recently? If not, then you've missed: * Claire Adrian-Tucci's reporting on the latest from NCSE's Scientist in the Classroom program: https://ncse.com/blog/2017/06/scientist-classroom-update-0018545 For NCSE's blog, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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