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Edward Larson
August 20, 2008
Edward Larson is a professor
of law at Pepperdine University and recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer
Prize in History for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and
America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (1997).
The author of seven books and
over one hundred published articles, Larson writes mostly about
issues of science, medicine and law from an historical perspective.
His books include Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific
Theory (2005, 2006 rev. ed.); Evolution's Workshop: God and Science
in the Galapagos Islands (2001), Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics
in the Deep South (1995), and Trial and Error: The American Controversy
Over Creation and Evolution (1985, 2003 rev. ed.). His most recent
book, A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800,
America's First Presidential Campaign, was published to acclaim
in September.
His articles have appeared in
such varied journals as Nature, Atlantic Monthly, TIME, Science,
Scientific American, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, Virginia
Law Review, and Isis. The Fulbright Program named Larson to the
John Adams Chair in American Studies for 2001. A popular teacher
and lecturer, Larson is also interviewed frequently for broadcast
and print media, including multiple appearances on PBS, NPR,
the History Channel, C-SPAN, and CNN. |
