Describes the research of Boussingault on soil chemistry that led to the later identification of microbial nitrogen fixation. (AL)

Part II of a two-part article that examines the doctrine of special creation embodied in the Creation Research Society's high school biology textbook, Biology: A Search for Order in Complexity," from an historical perspective. This part examines the concept of ideal type" in the creationist position. (AL)

Part I of a two-part article that examines the doctrine of special creation embodied in the Creation Research Society's high school biology textbook, Biology: A Search for Order in Complexity" from an historical perspective. This part examines the arguments from design and catastrophism. (AL)

The first of a three-part article in which the author discusses some past events which provide insight into why the theory of evolution gradually displaced the doctrine of special creation. (PEB)

Describes a course in the History of Biology given at Chicago State College for high school biology teachers. Gives an outline of the content and development of two of the six major topics covered, namely "The Greek View of Biology," and "What Biology Owes the Arabs." (EB)