Mark A. Largent
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For Largent, the vaccine-autism debate obscures a constellation of concerns held by many parents, including anxiety about the number of vaccines required (including some for diseases that children are unlikely ever to encounter), unhappiness about the rigorous schedule of vaccines during well-baby visits, and fear of potential side effects, some of them serious and even life-threatening. This book disentangles competing claims, opens the controversy...
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Before the 19th century, the idea that a living species could evolve into a new species was inconceivable . In the early 1800's, examination of the fossil record and natural observations, such as the progression of form seen in both plants and animals, led a few natural scientists to the controversial view that living organism had changed over time. Through excerpts from influential documents, Young and Largent provide the history of evolution, in...