Subject: Fwd: Fw: DDay pub Table of Contents - first draft

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:38:31 EST

Subject: Fw: DDay pub Table of Contents - first draft
From: "Amanda Chesworth" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:22:59 -0500

This is the teacher who would have his class write essays on Darwin each year and we highlighted several of them in the book. He is one of the few teachers who really was gungho about Darwin Day and not affraid to show it! Amanda

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From: Gonsiewski, Jon <[email-masked]>
To: 'Amanda Chesworth' 
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: DDay pub Table of Contents - first draft

Thank you for the gifts!  I will share them with Laura, Dave, the social studies department, and the science department.  I'm sure they will be put to good use. 

You were too generous!,
Jon

p.s.  let me know when the DDay publication goes out.  I'd love to see it.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Amanda Chesworth [mailto:[email-masked]]
  Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 8:57 PM
  To: Gonsiewski, Jon
  Subject: Fw: DDay pub Table of Contents - first draft

  *Please send any input....

  DARWIN DAY 2002 SERIES - PUBLICATION (title undecided)
  Published by TwoDee Press (tentative name for Program's small press)

  *Note:
  - Book will be dedicated to memory of Stephen Jay Gould (each annual book will be dedicated to an individual who has died and served the goals of the program in their life and work.)
  - If possible we could do a double-dedication to SJG and Marvin Harris but would want a memoir written for Harris as well (in same way that Milner's memoir of Gould will be written.)

  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  FIRST DRAFT - INCOMPLETE

  *Note:
  - Each paper will contain 4-5 sentence abstract for ToC.
  - Main category headings will divide papers into "themes"
  - Special sections may have different design / style

  Introduction
  word count = 1000

  Farewell, Fossilface: A Memoir of Stephen Jay Gould
  by Richard Milner
  word count = ~1500

  ON DARWIN

  Darwin's Day
  by Vicki Hyde
  word count = 779

  On Darwin: Countdown to 2008 / 2009!
  by Charles F. Urbanowicz
  word count = 7351
  *Note: may need to cut down

  Charles Darwin: A Model Free Thinker
  by Jon C. Gering
  word count = 4030
  *Note: possible rejection

  Darwin Before the Penny Dropped
  by Hugh Rance
  word count = 1667
  *Note: possible rejection

  The Other Great Emanicipator: Charles Darwin's Legacy For Our Lives
  by Elof Axel Carlson
  word count = 1938

  SPECIAL STUDENT ESSAY SECTION

  Introduction
  by Jon Gonsiewski
  word count = ~500 

  About Section / Project
  by Amanda Chesworth
  word count = ~250-500

  *Note: two pieces above fit on same page

  Charles Darwin's Impact upon our World
  For Extra-Credit in Mr. Gonsiewski's Classes

  1. Laura Mulcahy
  word count = 997
  *Note: student winning essay

  2. Owen Jones
  word count = ~1000

  3. Matt Kurteson
  word count = ~1000

  4. Ashley Ippolito
  word count = ~1000

  5. Fern Baldwin
  word count = ~1000

  6. Dawn VanDerWende
  word count = ~1000

  *Note:
  - Permission hasn't yet been received for the above student section
  - Essays may be reduced to five in number
  - Student section may become regular section of annual collections and be used to encourage teachers to follow Mr. Gonsiewski's example above. (Details will be laid out in the future for this.)

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  ON DARWINISM

  Where Do We Come From?
  by Massimo Pigliucci
  word count = 5000

  Convincing Men They Are Monkeys
  by Sherrie L. Lyons
  word count = 3087
  *Note: Accepted

  Myths and Conceptions of Darwin: 
  Refocusing and Refuting Arguments Against Evolution
  by Kieran P. McNulty
  word count = 4383
  *Note: Accepted

  What Is Darwinian Feminism?
  by Nancy L. Easterlin
  word count = ~5000

  -----------------------------------------------------------

  INTERLUDE

  Darwin Remembers: Recalling a Life's Voyage
  Special Part Huxley / Wilberforce Debate 
  A Play in One Act 
  by Floyd Sandford
  word count = ~1500
  *Note: full play will be published separately 

  The Pieces of the Evolution Puzzle Posters: A B&W Taste
  by Gus Pehur
  word count = 2 pages

  The Ballad of Charles Darwin
  by The Opposums of Truth
  word count = 204

  Darwin's Gardens
  by Joan Treis
  word count = 1150
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  ON CREATIONISM

  Evolution and Creationism: 
  Why Science and Not Creationism Must Be Taught In Classrooms & Threats To Good Science Education
  by Gerry Dantone
  word count = 1325

  The Design Argument
  by Elliott Sober
  word count = very long
  *Note: may need in MS Word .doc format (currently in PDF)

  Creationism to Universal Darwinism:
  Evolution and Religion Today
  by Taner Edis
  word count = 2187

  SPECIAL PBS SECTION

  Panel Discussion on Evolution
  NSTA Annual Conference, San Diego CA
  March 27, 2002
  Panelists: Bill Jersey, Carl Zimmer, Kenneth Miller, Eugenie Scott, Roger Bybee, Julie Benyo
  word count = 15,412

  *Note:
  - PBS logo to be featured on cover page for special section

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  2002 BOOK REVIEWS

  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Evolution
  Review by Amanda Chesworth
  word count = 300

  Darwin, His Daughter & Evolution
  Review by David Leff
  word count = 2000

  Horrible Science: Evolve or Die
  Review by Vicki Hyde
  word count = 300

  BOOKS OF NOTE

  WEB SITES OF NOTE

  ESSENTIAL READING LISTS

  *Note:
  All of the above included in the "book review" section do not need to be included. 

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  ON SCIENCE AND HUMANITY

  The Implications of Science to Philosophy and to the Existence or
  Non-Existence of a God
  David M. Seaborg
  word count = not submitted yet
  *Note: possible rejection for irrelvancy

  Faith Seeking Understanding
  by Lowell Murphree and Steven D. Verhey
  word count = 1673

  How to Increase the Public's Understanding of Science
  by David Aaronson
  word count = 952
  *Note: student winning essay

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  Additional Items:

  Stephen Kern's Quote
  "Evolution...It brings good things to life."

  Notes:
  - All papers will appear with:
  a) A short (4-5 sentence) bio of author
  b) A small plug for the group/institution/etc., that hosted the event

  Specs:
  - Book will be ~9"x6" in size
  - Cover page will be cardstock-like with B&W design
  - ISBN will be secured
  - Spine will have new Darwin Day Program logo (two D's back to back with the DNA loop within the design)
  - Book will be a regular annual production
  - Initial Draft Word Count = ~85,000 + two poster pages and several cover sheets

  Editors:
  - Amanda Chesworth
  - William Rainoe
  - Heather Chase
  - Kevin Lipovsky

  Reviewers: (unconfirmed)
  - Steven Conifer
  - Sharon Hill

  Typographer / Designer:
  - Dave Feroe Freelance Design