Intelligent Design or Evolution? Why the Origin of Life and the Evolution of Molecular Knowledge Imply Design

The origin of life is perhaps the most perplexing problem facing science today. Despite an intense 50 year search , no solution is yet evident.
If naturalistic laws do not explain life's origin, then life must have been created. This theory is called intelligent design. This book explores the intelligent design paradigm from three different perspectives. Chapter 9 discusses many of the problems associated with creating the required biological molecules on the primitive earth. Chapters 6, 7 and 10 show that life did not start as a simple self replicating molecule. The rest of the book uses information theory to calculate the molecular knowledge in genes and proteins. This knowledge is then related to a probability of evolution. All three approaches support the design inference.
Because information theory is not an easy concept, this book confines the math to simple algebra. It also includes several chapters of introductory material to gradually introduce readers to molecular biology, computational biochemistry, and chemical thermodynamics.