Kenneth R. Miller
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Kenneth R. Miller (born 1948) is a biology professor at Brown University. Miller, a Roman Catholic, is particularly known for his opposition to creationism, including the intelligent design movement. 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 which he furthers the argument that a belief in God and evolution are 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] He was a witness in Selman v. Cobb County, 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] – the decision was vacated on appeal, and was remanded back to the lower court and was eventually settled out of court. Miller was also the plaintiff's lead expert witness in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, challenging the school board's mandate to incorporate intelligent design into the curriculum. The judge in that case also ruled decisively in favor of the plaintiffs.
Miller received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1974. His research involves problems of structure and function in biological membranes, often involving electron microscopy.
IN 2006 he was awarded by the American Society for Cell Biology with a Public Service Award[1].
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- Miller, K.R. (2000) Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution ISBN 0-06-093049-7
- Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (2002) Biology: The Living Science various editions of High School textbook.
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- Kenneth Miller at Brown University
- "Teaching Evolution" Debate on NPR
- The 1997 Firing Line Creation-Evolution Debate
- Video Lecture: Ken Miller on Paley in a Test Tube
- Ken Miller at the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at Yale University
- BAM: The Evolution of Ken Miller, Features, November/December 2005
- Ken Miller appears in the BBC documentary, "A War On Science."
- Interview with Ken Miller on The Inoculated Mind
