University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent
New York University Press is pulling all copies of a book about intelligent design after the author falsely quoted another scholar in the work. Designer Science: A History of Intelligent Design in America, by C.W. Howell, was published by NYU Press in 2025. Earlier this month, the publisher said it was “pulling the current edition … Continue reading University press removes book about intelligent…
New York University Press is withdrawing all copies of C.W. Howell's book Designer Science: A History of Intelligent Design in America due to an error in which Howell misquoted Michael Behe, a respected ID proponent. The publisher discovered that Howell attributed a passage to Behe as a direct quote from a court ruling, when in fact Behe had only made a summary statement in a 2001 article.
This error stemmed from Howell misreading a judge's opinion in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover case, which tested whether intelligent design should be taught in public schools. The publisher has removed the book from its website and plans to reissue a corrected edition after addressing the misquoted passage.
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