Scopes
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial, or Monkey Trial ) in 1925.
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The organization helped Scopes’ lawyers find expert witnesses to testify on his behalf.
Perhaps the most striking example was Science Service’s involvement in the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925, when high school science teacher John Scopes was put on trial for breaking a Tennessee law that forbade teaching evolution.
In July 1925, the town hosted the Scopes Monkey Trial, a landmark case in the history of creationism.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Scopes Trial was a formative moment for modern creationism.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn Scopes, the schoolteacher, was not a prisoner of his conscience.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A few of those community leaders invited Scopes to the drugstore, bought him a fountain drink, and convinced him to stand trial.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers | Michael Schulson | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo said William Jennings Bryan, the lawyer arguing against evolution, at the infamous Scopes “monkey trial.”
Right-Wing Activists: Yep, ‘Religious Freedom’ Protects Discrimination Against Jews | Jay Michaelson | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it was less the Scopes of the films which made Carmen animate than it was the virile woman who played her.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneOtis Mason finds that the life of a social group involves a variety of movements characterized by different ranges or Scopes.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill SempleThe only ones permitted to talk were the controllers who had the aircraft on their Scopes.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd it is possible that the same person or persons mounted the two Scopes.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyBoth the bow and the stern observers saw the enemy ship now with their 'Scopes gazing directly along our Benson-light.
Wandl the Invader | Raymond King Cummings
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