David Fasold

thumb|David Fasold, a promoter of the Durupınar site, stands with a Drogue Stone in Arzap, Turkey David Franklin Fasold (February 23, 1939 – April 26, 1998) was a United States Merchant Marine officer and salvage expert who is best known for his 1988 book The Ark of Noah, chronicling his early expeditions to the Durupınar Noah's Ark site in eastern Turkey. Repudiating and then changing his views about the site, Fasold was a participant in a suit with Australian geologist and skeptic Ian Plimer against an Australian creationist group. The suit, dubbed the "Monkey Trial II," was an important case in the debate between science and religion and its role in society. Quotes Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. Pickover Clifford The Mathematics of Oz Cambridge University Press Cambridge 47 2002 0521016789 From Fasold David The Ark of Noah Wynwood 1988 New York 0922066108 External links Category:1939 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Sailors Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:People from Chicago