According to many scientists, the 2,000-member group has created its own controversy by issuing a slick publication that appears balanced, but actually contains misleading, biased information. Articles calling attention to this have appeared in several publications and a group of practicing scientists in the relevant disciplines is preparing a reply to the booklet.
Juilana Texley, a high school biology teacher, and David Wake, a professor of zoology, express their differing opinions of Teaching Science in a Climate of Controversy in the following reviews.
For these reasons the newest publication of the American Scientific Affiliation represents a far more insidious threat to scientific literacy than it first appears. Teaching Science in a Climate of Controversy has found its way into thousands of school mailboxes in the last several months. Carefully written to avoid the overt claims of scientific creationism, it threatens to undermine the advances made in biology education in the ...
