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The Origin of Life and Intelligent Design Theory


Introduction: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design
         The Molecular Theory of Evolution
         Is Evolution Possible?
         The Evolution of Molecular Knowledge
         Chemical Evolution in the Primordial Soup
         The Origin of Life

         Human Evolution (not in book)
PDF: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (364 Kb)

Part 1: Evolution and Information Theory

Chapter 1: Information Theory
         The Nature of Information
         Trapped Scientist with Three Coins
         Information Is Closely Related to Probability
         Mathematical Definition of Information
         Trapped Scientists Who Cannot See the Results

PDF:  Information vs. Knowledge (431 Kb)

Chapter 2: Evolution, Natural Selection and Intelligent Design
         Information, Knowledge, Complexity and Order
         A Scientist Locked in a Room with Multiple Doors
         Important Definitions
         Probability and Information in Biology
PDF: The Evolution of Molecular Knowledge  (800 Kb)

Chapter 3: Information in Biology
         Transcription and Translation
         Information Using Coins
         A Four Sided Coin
         The Four Sided Coin Code
         The Information in DNA is Similar to a Four Sided Coin
         DNA Replication
         The Genetic Code
         Transcription
         Each Codon Specifies an Amino Acid
         Translation
         Proteins
         Protein Folding
         Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
         The Accurate Trapped Scientist

PDF: Information Storage and Transfer in Life (2 Mb)

Chapter 4: Insulin Analyzed using Information Theory
        Determining Allowed Amino Acids
        How Much Information Opens the Door
        Why Does this Work
        Total Information in Insulin A and B Chains
        Molecular Knowledge of Insulin
        Cartoon and Space Fill Models of Insulin
        The Probability of Insulin Evolving
        Insulin May Not Imply Design
        How Accurate is the Technique?
(updated)
PDF: Information in the Protein Insulin (1 Mb)
         

Part 2: Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life


Chapter 5: The Evolution of Information in the Primordial Soup
        Meteorites
        The Evolution of Primordial Knowledge
        How Many Solutions?
        Molecular Knowledge Before Life
        The Composition of the Primordial Soup
        The Evolution of a Functional Protein in the Soup
        Molecular Knowledge in the Primordial Soup

PDF: Information & Knowledge before the Genetic Code (500 Kb)

Chapter 6: Introduction to Chemistry and Entropy
        Chemicals and Atoms
        The Hydrogen Atom
        Representing Chemicals with Symbols
        Chemical Bonds
        Chemical Symbols
        Matter, Energy, Heat and Temperature
        Quantum Mechanics
        Micro-states and Entropy
        The Second Law of Thermodynamics
        Heat Flows from Hot Objects to Cold Ones
        Entropy and Chemical Reactions
        Chemical Kinetics
        Chemical Equilibria
        Closed vs. Open Systems

PDF: Introduction to Chemistry and Entropy (1 Mb)

Chapter 7: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

        How Does Life Exist So Far from Equilibrium
        Is Life Really Different from Non-Life?
        Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
        Chemical Oscillators
        Entropy and Biological Evolution

PDF: Implications of the Second Law (317 Kb)

Chapter 8: The Structure of DNA, RNA, and Proteins
        RNA Structure
        Proteins -Organic Chemistry Functional Groups
        Structure of Proteins

PDF: The Structure of DNA, RNA, and Proteins (1.5 Mb)

Chapter 9: Prebiotic Synthesis of RNA, DNA and Peptides

        Zero Tries
        Investigator Interference
        Millers Experiment
        Thermal Proteins or Proteinoids
        Short Peptide Chains in Water
        Long Peptide Chains in Water
        RNA Prebiotic Synthesis
        RNA Building Block Synthesis -Adenine and Cytosine
        Ribose
        A Pre-RNA World?
        Assembling the Building Blocks- Activated Monomers
        Review of Investigator Interference
PDF: Prebiotic Synthesis of RNA, DNA and Peptides (900 Kb)

Part 3: Self Replicating RNA and the Primordial Soup


Chapter 10: Self Replicating Molecules (RNA and Proteins)
        A Self Replicating Peptide
        RNA Self Replication
        Molecular Knowledge in the Primordial Soup
        Self Replication and Perpetual Motion

PDF: Self Replicating Molecules and Systems (250 Kb)

Chapter 11: The Myth of the Primordial Soup
PDF: Did the Primordial Soup Exist?

Part 4: The Evolution of Irreducible Complexity


Chapter 12: Irreducible Complexity
PDF: Behe's concept of Irreducible Complexity

Chapter 13: Nucleic Acid Synthesis: Adenine

        Nucleic Acids are critical to Life
        Adenine Synthesis in Life
        Preliminary Calculation of the Information and Knowledge
        3-D Structure of Several Key Enzymes
        Calculation of the Knowledge and Information
        Did Life Arise All at Once?
PDF:Nucleic Acid Synthesis: Adenine
(500 Kb)

Chapter 14: Information Required for ATP Synthesis

       Oxidation Releases Energy
       ATP Created By Proton Gradients
       ATP Synthesis with a Single Enzyme
       G3PD Knowledge
       Molecular Knowledge in G3PD

        Correction for Primordial Soup
        Odds of ATP and Adenine Evolution
       Does this Approach Generate False Knowledge
       ATP Synthase

PDF: ATP Synthesis (2 Mb)

   
Part 5: Natural Selection and the Age of the Earth

Chapter 15: The Effect of Time on Evolution
        How Does Time Factor Into the Equation
        How Fast do the tries accumulate?

        How many stars in the universe?
        How many primordial soups in the universe?
        RNA self replication
        Protein Evolution
        Upper Limit in the Number of Tries

        Constraints on the First Self Replicating Molecule
        Natural selection Limits the Number of Tries
        This Simple Example Shows that Evolution Does not Work Quite
        Like Darwin Imagined
        Natural Selection Reduces the Number of Tries
        Implications for the self Replicating Molecule

PDF: Natural Selection, Evolution and Time  (264 Kb)


Chapter 16: The Cambrian Explosion

PDF: Evolution Since the Cambrian Explosion (60 kb)

Chapter 17: Alternatives to Intelligent Design


Appendixes:

PDF: Appendix 1: Shannon Entropy and Information
PDF: Appendix 2: Relative Entropy
PDF: Appendix 3: Math Review
PDF: Appendix 4: Yockey's Approach
PDF: Appendix 5: Schneider's Approach
PDF: Appendix 6: Experimental Support for Molecular Knowlege

Glossary/World Wide Web Resources/Subject & Author Index



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