Kenneth R. Miller
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- For information on Professor Kenneth Miller of Columbia University, please consult his academic homepage (http://neurotheory.columbia.edu/~ken/)
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Professor Kenneth R. Miller (born 1948) is professor of biology at Brown University in the United States. Miller, a Roman Catholic, is particularly known for his opposition to creationism, including the intelligent design movement. He rejects the argument from design. He has written a book on the subject entitled Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. In this book, he attempts to prove that a strong belief in God and in evolution is not mutually exclusive.
Miller has appeared in court as a witness and on panels debating the teaching of intelligent design in schools. In 2002, the Ohio State Board of Education held a public debate between prominent evolutionists, including Miller, and proponents of intelligent design.[1] (http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/debate.html) He was a witness in a Cobb County, Georgia case testing the legality of stickers calling evolution a "theory, not a fact" that were placed on the biology textbook Miller authored. In 2005, the judge ruled that the stickers violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[2] (http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/10641527.htm) Miller's textbook is also at the center of the Dover, Pennsylvania case challenging the school board's mandate to incorporate intelligent design into the curriculum. A hearing in that case is scheduled for September 2005.[3] (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/10/evolution/index.html)
Miller received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1974. His research involves problems of structure and function in biological membranes, and he uses electron microscopy.
Bibliogaphy
- Miller, K.R. (2000) Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution ISBN 0060930497
- Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (2002) Biology: The Living Science various editions of High School textbook.
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External links
- Brown University site (http://bms.brown.edu/faculty/m/kmiller/)
- millerandlevine.com — text book site (http://www.millerandlevine.com/)
