By Nicole Godfrey
Originally published in Pleasant Living magazine, 2008
Even non-scientists want to know the answer to that burning question, “How did we get here?” and many seek the answer in the ever-expanding matrix of the Internet, only to give up after facing endless Web sites flooded with complex mathematical formulas. Everyone has at some point thrown up their hands in frustration searching for answers to the Big Question. This very challenge prompted Floyd Glidewell to write his recently published book, Settled Science after his daughter shared her frustrations in trying to learn about evolution on her own. Armed with a degree in chemistry and a substantial background in science, Glidewell tried to explain it to her. When her face went blank, as many faces do when hearing scientific explanations, he knew he had to do better. Next step: he sat down and wrote a reader-friendly, jargon-free book to make learning science easy.
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Settled Science, written originally to answer Glidewell’s daughter’s questions about evolution, explains in layman’s terms the accepted popular scientific theories behind evolution. Most people have a rudimentary knowledge of evolution and the theories that surround it; this work takes this knowledge to the next level by discussing where these theories came from and why they are so popular today. While many books about scientific issues are weighted down with endless scientific terms that frustrate non-scientists, Settled Science translates complicated scientific jargon into easily understood colloquial language. In text that reads much like a conversation, Glidewell explains the terms that are prevalent in the news and scientific documents, but often misunderstood.
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