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Author:

Thaxton, Charles B., author.

Title:

The mystery of life's origin : the continuing controversy / Charles B. Thaxton, Walter L. Bradley, Roger L. Olsen, James Tour, Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Wells, Guillermo Gonzalez, Brian Miller, David Klinghoffer.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

Discovery Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Life--Origin.
Intelligent design (Teleology).
Molecular evolution.
Molecular evolution--Research.
Life--Research.--Research.

Other Authors:

Bradley, Walter L., author.
Olsen, Roger L., author.
Tour, James M., author.
Meyer, Stephen C., author.
Wells, Jonathan, Ph. D., author.
Gonzalez, Guillermo, 1963-, author.
Miller, Brian, author.
Klinghoffer, David, 1965-, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Evidence of Intelligent Design in the origin of life / Stephen C. Meyer. Introduction: Intelligent design's original edition / David Klinghoffer -- Foreword / Dean Kenyon -- Preface / Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, Roger Olsen -- Crisis in the chemistry of origins -- The theory of biochemical evolution -- Simulation of prebiotic monomer synthesis -- The myth of the prebiotic soup -- The early Earth and its atmosphere -- Plausibility and investigator interference -- Thermodynamics of living systems -- Thermodynamics and the origin of life -- Specifying how work is to be done -- Protocells -- Summary and conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: An alternative calculation -- Appendix II: 1997 update / Charles Thaxton -- We're still clueless about the origin of life / James M. Tour -- Thermodynamic challenges to the origin of life / Brian Miller -- What astrobiology teaches about the origin of life / Guillermo Gonzalez -- Textbooks still misrepresent the origin of life / Jonathan Wells -- Evidence of Intelligent Design in the origin of life / Stephen C. Meyer.

Summary:

The origin of life from non-life remains one of the most enduring mysteries of modern science. The Mystery of Life's Origin: The Continuing Controversy investigates how close scientists are to solving that mystery and explores what we are learning about the origin of life from current research in chemistry, physics, astrobiology, biochemistry, and more. The book includes an updated version of the classic text The Mystery of Life's Origin by Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, and Roger Olsen, and new chapters on the current state of the debate by chemist James Tour, physicist Brian Miller, astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, biologist Jonathan Wells, and philosopher of science Stephen C. Meyer.

ISBN:

1936599740
9781936599745

Locations:

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)