February 6, 2004, Hour One: Teaching Evolution / Brian Greene

Science Friday > Archives > 2004 > February > February 6, 2004:
Hour Two: Teaching Evolution / Brian Greene

This week, education officials in the state of Georgia reconsidered a controversial plan that would have stricken the word 'evolution' from the state science curriculum, to be replaced with the phase 'biological change over time.' Though the word 'evolution' is now back on the books in Georgia, many science educators were incensed over the original wording change. In this hour, we'll talk about the controversy.

Then, Ira talks with physicist Brian Greene about the universe and how it came to be the way it is. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern), and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).

Guests:
Eugenie C. Scott
Director, National Council for Science Education
Oakland, California

Lawrence Krauss
Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics
Chairman of the Physics Department
Director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Brian Greene
Author, "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality" (Knopf, 2004)
Professor, Mathematics and Physics
Columbia University
New York, New York

This segment produced by Annette Heist

Archived Audio:
evolution:
listen in RealAudio format
listen in Windows Media format

Brian Greene:
listen in RealAudio format
listen in Windows Media format
streaming audio help from NPR

Books/Articles Discussed:
The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene. Knopf, 2004.

(find books discussed on previous broadcasts)