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160 x 236 x 40mm
In SIGNATURE IN THE CELL, author Stephen Meyer argued that evolutionary theories of the origin of life could not account for the origin of the information necessary to produce the first living cell. Darwin's Doubt builds on this subject of Intelligent Design (ID), taking its readers one step further into the history of life. Here, Meyer shows that scientists since Darwin's time have learned about the fundamental importance of information to the origin and maintenance of new biological form.
According to Meyer, The Cambrian Explosion, the way the rapid appearance of animals 530 million years ago is known, is not only an explosion of new biological form, but also new biological information. Could the information necessary to build the Cambrian animal forms have arisen from conscious activity, an intelligent cause rather than an undirected natural process? Meyer builds a compelling case that reveals the crack in Darwin's theory.
This highly debated question is at the heart of some of the most controversial conversations today. Ultimately, Darwin's Doubt defends the theory of ID as the best explanation for the origin of the Cambrian animals and the libraries of information needed to produce them. In so doing, Meyer shows us how many popular views of biological origins stand starkly at odds with scientific evidence. Why attempt to reconcile traditional Christian theology with Darwinian theory, if the theory itself has begun to collapse?
