Thaxton i in., 2020- The Mystery of Life’s Origin

Contents

Foreword — Robert J. Marks and John West

Introduction: Intelligent Design’s Original Edition — David Klinghoffer

I. The Mystery of Life’s Origin

Foreword — Dean Kenyon

Preface — Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, Roger Olsen

1. Crisis in the Chemistry of Origins
2. The Theory of Biochemical Evolution
3. Simulation of Prebiotic Monomer Synthesis
4. The Myth of the Prebiotic Soup
5. The Early Earth and Its Atmosphere
6. Plausibility and Investigator Interference
7. Thermodynamics of Living Systems
8. Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life
9. Specifying How Work Is to Be Done
10. Protocells
11. Summary and Conclusion
12. Epilogue

Appendix 1: An Alternative Calculation

Appendix 2: 1997 Update — Charles Thaxton

II. The State of the Debate

13. We’re Still Clueless about the Origin of Life — James M. Tour
14. Thermodynamic Challenges to the Origin of Life — Brian Miller
15. What Astrobiology Teaches about the Origin of Life — Guillermo Gonzalez
16. Textbooks Still Misrepresent the Origin of Life — Jonathan Wells
17. Evidence of Intelligent Design in the Origin of Life — Stephen C. Meyer

About the Authors

Index