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Foreword [p. x]
Preface [p. xii]
Overview [p. 1]
Adventure in Science
Creation on Trial
Creation Science: a Cause for Investigation?
The National Academy of Sciences and Academic Freedom
Chapter 1: Radiohalos and the Age of the Earth [p. 11]
Evolution as a Total Framework
The Question of Origins Reopened
Radioactivity and the Age of the Rocks
The Puzzle of the Rings in the Rocks
The Radioactive Nature of the Halos
Radioactive Halos and the Decay Rate Question
Microscopic Chances
Chapter 2: The Genesis Rocks [p. 23]
The A, B, C, and D Halos
Extinct Halos Intrude on the Scene
Modern Cosmology and Extinct Natural Radioactivity
The Enigma of the Polonium Halos
Polonium Halos: a Revolutionary New Interpretation
The Impact of Creation on Evolution and the Age of the Earth
Primordial and Secondary Rocks
Precambrian Granites—the Genesis Rocks
Chapter 3: Polonium Halos Go to Press [p. 38]
Misfits in the Evolutionary Mosaic
A New Affiliation and Better Research Opportunities
Extended Peer Review and Controversy
Initial Experiments at Oak Ridge
An Invitation to Join a National Laboratory
Search for Halos in Lunar Rocks
Polonium Halo Analysis
A Novel Theory of Polonium Halo Origin
Objections Refuted
The Spectacle Halo
Chapter 4: Secondary Polonium Halos Fuel the Controversy [p. 51]
Uranium in Coalified Wood
The Origin of Sedimentary Rocks
Radiometric Dating of the Colorado Plateau Deposits
Secondary Polonium Halos: Another Discovery
New Data Supports the Global Flood Model
A Professor Notes the Silent Response
Debating the Time Scale
Chapter 5: Reverberations from Scientists [p. 63]
A Falsification Test Proposed
A Courageous Editorial Decision
Polonium Halos: an Independent Evaluation
Chapter 6: Reaction from the National Science Foundation [p. 73]
The Elusive Superheavy Elements
Declination of 1977 Proposal
Appeal to the NSF
Another Proposal—another Denial
Inquiry by a Member of Congress—1977 Proposal
Inquiry by a Member of Congress—1979 Proposal
Pro-evolution at the NSF?
Freedom of Inquiry
Chapter 7: Creation Science a Public Issue [p. 87]
The Lessons of Scopes
Stacking the Deck Against Creation Science
The Arkansas Trial: a Difficult Decision
Repression in the Classroom
Evolution Promoted as Fact
Countdown to the Arkansas Trial
Chapter 8: ACLU Strategy Revealed at Little Rock [p. 99]
The ACLU's Plan for the Treatment of Origins
Direct Examination of the ACLU Witness for Biophysics
The ACLU and the Origin of Life: a Narrow Escape
The Judge Rescues the ACLU
The ACLU: No Science but Evolution
The Age of the Earth: Testimony of the ACLU Geology Witness
Chapter 9: Confrontation in the Courtroom [p. 111]
The State Challenges Radiometric Dating Techniques
The Granite Synthesis Experiment: an Evolutionary Perspective
A Very Tiny Mystery
Chapter 10: Creation's Test on Trial [p. 124]
ACLU Witness Explains Evidence for Creation
Confronting the Falsification Test
Primordial Rocks Derived from a Primordial Liquid
Imitation Granite
Polonium Halos Revisited
Primordial and Secondary Rocks in a Creation Perspective
Recross-examination
Reflections on the First Week of the Trial
Taking the Stand
Chapter 11: The Trial Decision [p. 138]
Evolutionists Win the Game
Court Judgment Reveals Evolutionary Bias
Radiohalos: Tiny Mystery or Block to Evolution?
Evolutionary Article of Faith
True Science Defined by the Court
Chapter 12: Media Reaction to the Arkansas Trial [p. 145]
Effects of Journalism on Research Funding
Reporting from an Evolutionist Perspective
Where Is the Science in Creation Science?
Discounting the Evidence
Correction Attempt Fails
AAAS and Evolutionary Presuppositions
Audio Tapes Reveal Factual Account
Another Viewpoint
Chapter 13: The Aftermath of the Arkansas Trial [p. 161]
Conventional Nuclear Waste Containment
An Innovative Approach to the Nuclear Waste Problem
Experimental Results Reach the U.s. Congress
Appeal to Continue Research
Final Results Support Young Age of Earth
End of an Era — a Summary
The Case of the Unmailed Letter
Final Inquiry by a Member of Congress
Chapter 14: Creation Confronts Evolution [p. 175]
A Geologist Evaluates Creation Science
My Presentation at the AAAS Symposium
A National Forum
Creation/evolution Newsletter Attacks Polonium Halo Evidence
Vistas in Creation
Chapter 15: Continued Attacks on Creation Science [p. 186]
Survey of Creation-science Literature Yields Questionable Results
Another Response Denied
Response to the National Academy of Sciences
Challenge to the National Academy of Sciences
University of Tennessee Public Forum on Creation Science
Continuing Censorship at Science
Epilogue — The Grand Design [p. 205]
Radiohalo Catalogue [p. 209]
Appendix [p. 221]
References [p. 353]
Credits [p. 357]
Index [p. 359]
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