Back to basics by way of evolution

Scott, Eugenie C.

doi:10.1038/465164a

Books & Arts
Published: 12 May 2010

Back to basics by way of evolution

Eugenie C. Scott¹

Nature volume 465, page 164 (2010)Cite this article

1121 Accesses
5 Altmetric
Metrics details

Subjects

Evolutionary biology

Access through your institution

Buy or subscribe

How Science Works: Evolution. A Student Primer

R. John Ellis

Springer: 2010. 100 pp. $39.95, £19.99 9789048131822 | ISBN: 978-9-0481-3182-2

Ellis gives a clear description of how science works. Students learn about testing multiple hypotheses, reliance on natural causes, the open-endedness of science, its lack of dogmatism and the function of peer review and replicating results.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

Purchase on SpringerLink
Instant access to full article PDF

Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Eugenie C. Scott is executive director of the National Center for Science Education, Oakland, California 94609, USA, and author of Evolution vs. Creationism. scott@ncse.com ,
Eugenie C. Scott

Authors

Eugenie C. Scott
View author publications
Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Scott, E. Back to basics by way of evolution. Nature 465, 164 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465164a

Download citation

Published: 12 May 2010
Issue date: 13 May 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/465164a

Comments

Commenting on this article is now closed.

Curtis Covey 12 May 2010, 16:22

A nice review, but perhaps the opening sentence -- "The public misunderstands and mistrusts the scientific explanation of evolution more than any other branch of research" -- it out of date. Substituting "climate change" for "evolution" would make an equally arguable point.