Signature in the cell : DNA and the evidence for intelligent design / Stephen C. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Stephen C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligent design (Teleology).

Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects.

Evolution (Biology).

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

viii, 611 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperOne, [2009]

Summary:

Intelligent design-the idea that an intelligent cause, rather than an undirected process, best explains key features of life and the universe-continues to ignite controversy around the world. In Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer shows that digital code embedded in DNA points to a designing intelligence and helps unravel a mystery that Charles Darwin did not address: how did life begin? Meyer tells the story of the successive attempts to explain the origin of life and he develops a case for intelligent design based on new evidence using the same scientific method that Darwin himself pioneered.

Contents:

DNA, Darwin, and the appearance of design

The evolution of a mystery and why it matters

The double helix

Signature in the cell

The molecular labyrinth

The origin of science and the possibility of design

Of clues to causes

Chance elimination and pattern recognition

Ends and odds

Beyond the reach of chance

Self-organization and biochemical predestination

Thinking outside the bonds

Chance and necessity, or, The cat in the hat comes back

The RNA world

The best explanation

Another road to Rome

But does it explain?

But is it science?

Sauce for the goose

Why it matters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [509]-595) and index.

ISBN:

9780061472787

0061472786

OCLC:

232978147