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词条 Kenneth R. Miller
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Textbook

  3. Science advocacy

  4. Bibliography

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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Kenneth Raymond Miller (born July 14, 1948) is an American cell biologist and molecular biologist who is currently Professor of Biology and Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence at Brown University.[2] Miller's primary research focus is the structure and function of cell membranes, especially chloroplast thylakoid membranes.[2] Miller is a co-author of a major introductory college and high school biology textbook published by Prentice Hall since 1990.[3] Miller, who is Roman Catholic, is opposed to creationism, including the intelligent design (ID) movement. He has written two books on the subject: Finding Darwin's God, which argues that acceptance of evolution is compatible with a belief in God; and Only a Theory, which explores ID and the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case as well as its implications in science across America.

Biography

Miller graduated from Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey before attending Brown University. At Brown, he received his Sc.B. in biology in 1970. He earned his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1974.[4] From 1974 to 1980, he taught at Harvard University. His research involves problems of structure and function in biological membranes, often involving electron microscopy. In May 2014, Miller received the Laetare Medal at the University of Notre Dame.

Textbook

Miller is the co-author (with Boston College neurobiologist and marine biologist Joseph Levine)[5] of a major introductory college and high school biology textbook published by Prentice Hall since 1990.[3] The current edition was published in 2010 by Pearson (which now owns Prentice Hall).[6] Initially, Prentice Hall approached Joseph Levine to write the textbook after reading an article he wrote in Smithsonian magazine; Levine, who is a former student of Miller's,[7] then recruited Miller as a co-author.[3] Miller and Levine have also co-written a college-level textbook published by the former D.C. Heath and Company, first edition in 1991, entitled Biology: Discovering Life.[6]

Science advocacy

Miller has voiced his support for what he calls "pro-science" candidates in politics. He has campaigned for school board and education candidates who support the teaching of evolution in Kansas and Ohio. In the science community, he has sought to elevate the understanding of scientists of the roots of the creationist movement, and to encourage the popularization of scientific concepts.

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 two scientists, including Miller, and two proponents of intelligent design.[8] He testified for the plaintiffs, but only as a fact witness (not as an expert), 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.[9][10] This decision was vacated on appeal because of missing records of the previous trial. The case was remanded for additional evidentiary inquiry and new findings, and a list of factual issues that the court would probably want to address included as item 15 a reference to Miller's testimony regarding “the colloquial or popular understanding of the term [theory]” and the suggested question as to whether he has any qualifications to testify as an expert on the popular meaning of the word "theory".[11] The case 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.

In 2006 the American Society for Cell Biology gave him a Public Service Award.[12] The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) also recognized Miller for his contribution to the public education of evolution in the United States. Miller also appeared at the 2006 Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at Yale University, delivering his lecture "Darwin, God, and Dover: What the Collapse of 'Intelligent Design' Means for Science and for Faith in America." He won the 2008 AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology.[13]

He also speaks at conferences, notably the Skeptics Society's Origins Conference in October 2008 with Nancey Murphy, Hugh Ross, Leonard Susskind, Sean Carroll, Paul Davies, Christof Koch, Donald Prothero, and Victor J. Stenger.[14] Miller has also spoken at the Veritas Forum on topics such as the relationship between science and religion and the existence of God.[15]

Miller has appearaned on the Comedy Central television show The Colbert Report.[16][17] Miller has also made many appearances on C-SPAN debating proponents of creationism and intelligent design. He has debated several supporters of intelligent design including biochemist Michael J. Behe.

He gave a Faraday Institute lecture in April 2009 on "God, Darwin and Design"[18] and appeared on the Today Programme arguing, "The issue of God is an issue on which reasonable people may differ, but I certainly think that it's an over-statement of our scientific knowledge and understanding to argue that science in general, or evolutionary biology in particular, proves in any way that there is no God."[19]

In January 2010 Miller was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.[20]

Since 2016, Miller has been listed on the Board of Directors of the National Center for Science Education.[21]

Bibliography

  • Miller, K.R. (2018) The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will {{ISBN|978-1-476-79026-8}}
  • Miller, K.R. (2008) Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul {{ISBN|978-0-670-01883-3}}
  • Miller, K.R. (1999) 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)

See also

  • Creation and evolution in public education

References

1. ^{{cite web|website=University of Notre Dame Archives|title=Laetare Medal Recipients|url=http://archives.nd.edu/research/facts/laetare.html|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=31 January 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://vivo.brown.edu/docs/k/kemiller_cv.pdf?dt=071315106 |title=Curriculum Vitae for Kenneth R. Miller |publisher=Brown University |format=pdf |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.millerandlevine.com/book/dragonfly-booklet.pdf |title=Biology by Miller and Levine |publisher= |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110081327/http://www.millerandlevine.com/book/dragonfly-booklet.pdf |archivedate=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}
4. ^{{cite news | url=http://bms.brown.edu/faculty/m/kmiller/ | title=Ken Miller: Molecular, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry | publisher=Brown University | year=2008 | first= | last= | accessdate=2008-06-17 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610164830/http://bms.brown.edu/faculty/m/kmiller/ | archivedate=2008-06-10 | df= }}
5. ^http://www.mypearsontraining.com/pdfs/TG_MLBio_AboutAuthors.pdf
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZxAa |title=About the Authors |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5PJG_-XlwE |title=Kenneth Miller - Evolution vs. Intelligent Design FULL |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-10-24 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/debate.html |title=Goodbye, Columbus |accessdate=2007-09-20 |author=Ken Miller}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ncse.com/resources/news/2005/GA/201_victory_in_cobb_county_1_13_2005.asp |title=Victory in Cobb County |accessdate=20 September 2007|date=13 January 2005|publisher=National Center for Science Education}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/13/evolution.textbooks.ruling/index.html |title=Judge: Evolution stickers unconstitutional |accessdate=20 September 2007|date=14 January 2005 |work= |publisher=CNN |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070804120121/http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/13/evolution.textbooks.ruling/index.html |archivedate = 4 August 2007}}
11. ^Selman, et al. vs. Cobb County Board of Education {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701080143/http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200510341.pdf |date=2007-07-01 }}, 25 May 2006.
12. ^Forrest, Miller to receive ASCB Public Service Awards{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ASCB Newsletter, July 2006.
13. ^AAAS Programme Book Color Insert after p. 64. Award presented 14 February 2009.
14. ^{{cite news | url=http://origins.skeptic.com/speakers_Ross.php | title=Origins Conference, October 3–4, 2008 | publisher=Skeptics Society |year=2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-10-10 }}
15. ^http://veritas.org/speakers/ken-miller/
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/09/19/CampusNews/Prof-Ken.Miller.Life.As.Sciences.Media.Darling-2977311.shtml |title=Prof. Ken Miller: life as science's media darling |accessdate=2007-09-20 |author=Firestone, Chaz |date=2007-09-20 |work=Brown Daily Herald |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611025110/http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/09/19/CampusNews/Prof-Ken.Miller.Life.As.Sciences.Media.Darling-2977311.shtml |archivedate=2008-06-11 |df= }}
17. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.ncse.com/resources/news/2008/US/172_ken_miller_on_science_friday_6_13_2008.asp | title=Ken Miller on Science Friday and Colbert Report | publisher=National Center for Science Education | date= 13 June 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-10-18}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
18. ^Darwin Online listing
19. ^News recap, Today Programme, BBC, 29 April 2009.
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/news/show/sixteen_notable_figures_in_science_and_skepticism_elected_csi_fellows/ |title=Sixteen Notable Figures in Science and Skepticism Elected CSI Fellows |accessdate=2011-08-07}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=https://ncse.com/about/board |title=Board of Directors |website=ncse.com |publisher=National Center for Science Education |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903011654/https://ncse.com/about/board |archivedate=2016-09-03 |accessdate=2018-10-30}}

External links

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  • Faculty homepage
  • [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4178920 "Teaching Evolution" Debate] on NPR, 19 November 2004
  • Firing Line Creation-Evolution Debate, 4 December 1997
  • Video Lecture: Ken Miller on Paley in a Test Tube
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100411232503/http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/past_00-04.html Ken Miller at the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship] at Yale University, 14 September 2006
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201631/http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/november/december-2005/the-evolution-of-ken-miller.html BAM: The Evolution of Ken Miller], November/December 2005
  • Interview with Ken Miller, 26 January 2007
  • Debate with PZ Myers, 10 May 2007
  • {{youtube|id=JVRsWAjvQSg|title=Miller's two-hour talk on Intelligent Design}} at Case Western University
  • {{youtube|id=FviQUvJ4Gtc|title=Ken Miller on Harun Yahya}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/atuncw/annview.aspx?id=4155|title=Nationally Renowned Evolutionist Miller Discusses Religion and Science|publisher=University of North Carolina Wilmington|work=News & Events|accessdate=10 March 2008|author=|authorlink=|coauthors=|date=29 February 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731154230/http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/atuncw/annview.aspx?id=4155|archivedate=31 July 2009|df=}}
  • Interview on the American Freethought Podcast
  • [https://www.ibiology.org/science-and-society/defending-evolution/ Ken Miller's Short Talk: "Evolution-Why it Matters"]
  • [https://www.ibiology.org/evolution/evolution-in-school/ Ken Miller's Short Talk: "Defending Evolution"]
  • Dr. Kenneth Raymond Miller: Professor of Biology, Brown University (Part One) (Interview)
  • Dr. Kenneth Raymond Miller: Professor of Biology, Brown University (Part Two) (Interview)
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