While denying that creationism can be seen as a scientific theory, Pigliucci (evolutionary biology, U. of Tennessee) blames much of the failure of a resolution of the evolution-creation debate on the inability of evolutionary scientists to promote an understanding of evolution. He explains the fallacies of creationist thinking, while explaining how those fallacies are able to take hold because scientists have not bothered thinking seriously about how to present scientific theory to unscientific students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)