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Darwin's Doubt
The journal's editor, [[Richard Sternberg]], was harassed and demoted<ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1489 Smithsonian's top officials permit the demotion and harassment of scientist skeptical of Darwinian evolution]</ref> for his publishing of Meyer's article.
The journal's editor, [[Richard Sternberg]], was harassed and demoted<ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1489 Smithsonian's top officials permit the demotion and harassment of scientist skeptical of Darwinian evolution]</ref> for his publishing of Meyer's article.
==Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design==
==Books==
In June of 2009, Meyer's long-awaited book ''Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence'' was released. The book was a smash hit, finishing the year on Amazon's list of top-10 best selling science books<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000446551_grlink_2?ie=UTF8&plgroup=2&docId=1000446551]</ref> and being named one of the top books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6931364.ece]</ref>. Atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel:
===Signature in the Cell===
In June of 2009, Meyer's long-awaited book ''Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design'' was released. The book was a smash hit, finishing the year on Amazon's list of top-10 best selling science books<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000446551_grlink_2?ie=UTF8&plgroup=2&docId=1000446551]</ref> and being named one of the top books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6931364.ece]</ref>. Atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel:
<blockquote>Stephen C. Meyer’s ''Signature in the Cell: DNA and the evidence for Intelligent Design'' (HarperCollins) is a detailed account of the problem of how life came into existence from lifeless matter – something that had to happen before the process of biological evolution could begin. The controversy over Intelligent Design has so far focused mainly on whether the evolution of life since its beginnings can be explained entirely by natural selection and other non-purposive causes. Meyer takes up the prior question of how the immensely complex and exquisitely functional chemical structure of DNA, which cannot be explained by natural selection because it makes natural selection possible, could have originated without an intentional cause. He examines the history and present state of research on non-purposive chemical explanations of the origin of life, and argues that the available evidence offers no prospect of a credible naturalistic alternative to the hypothesis of an intentional cause. Meyer is a Christian, but atheists, and theists who believe God never intervenes in the natural world, will be instructed by his careful presentation of this fiendishly difficult problem. </blockquote>
<blockquote>Stephen C. Meyer’s ''Signature in the Cell: DNA and the evidence for Intelligent Design'' (HarperCollins) is a detailed account of the problem of how life came into existence from lifeless matter – something that had to happen before the process of biological evolution could begin. The controversy over Intelligent Design has so far focused mainly on whether the evolution of life since its beginnings can be explained entirely by natural selection and other non-purposive causes. Meyer takes up the prior question of how the immensely complex and exquisitely functional chemical structure of DNA, which cannot be explained by natural selection because it makes natural selection possible, could have originated without an intentional cause. He examines the history and present state of research on non-purposive chemical explanations of the origin of life, and argues that the available evidence offers no prospect of a credible naturalistic alternative to the hypothesis of an intentional cause. Meyer is a Christian, but atheists, and theists who believe God never intervenes in the natural world, will be instructed by his careful presentation of this fiendishly difficult problem. </blockquote>
===Darwin's Doubt===
Published in 2013, ''Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design'' explores themes in [[molecular biology]] such as the information stored in DNA; the [[protein]]s and [[protein machine]] that [[cell]]s need to stay [[alive]]; the [[origin of life]]; [[information-rich molecule]]s; "[[specified information]]"; [[chemical evolutionary theories]]; and [[mainstream evolutionary theories]].
In his case for the theory of [[intelligent design]], he argues that science has not found a [[material cause]] for [[digital code]] found in cells, a type of information demonstrably created by [[intelligence]].<ref>
"The creation of information is habitually associated with conscious activity." - Henry Quastler</ref> Meyer call this "[[functional information]]" and compares it to [[radio signal]]s, [[stone monument]]s, or [[magnetic disc]]s (like [[CD]]s and [[DVD]]s or a computer's [[hard disk]]). He argues that when you look for the source of such information, you always find that it was created by a [[mind]]. Thus he concludes that [[digital information]] in the cell
:"... indicates the prior activity of a designing intelligence at work inthe origin of the first life."
== References ==
== References ==