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Michael Denton

Date
July 31, 2020

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Intelligent Design
Technology
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, charcoal, coal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness of nature, fuel, George Wald, inventiveness, metal, oxygen, photosynthesis, Prometheus, quantum tunneling, smelting, Stephen Pyne, Tim Lenton, wood}

Needed for Fire: All the Right Fuel

_{Michael Denton
July 31, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

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There is another aspect of the Earth’s environment that is absolutely crucial in allowing the utilization of fire for metal-based technologies. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 30, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, Alfred Russel Wallace, aluminum, ambient temperatures, copper, ductility, Earth’s crust, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, gold, iron, lead, machinery, mantle, metallurgy, metals, rocks, silver, steam engine, Stone Age}

In Praise of Copper, a Gift from Nature

_{Michael Denton
July 30, 2020

Intelligent Design

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If the conductivity of copper were ten times less, wires would have to be ten times the cross-sectional area to provide the same conductivity. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 29, 2020

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Intelligent Design
Technology
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, ambient temperatures, atmosphere, copper, ductility, earth, electrical power, electricity, fire, Fire-Maker series, metals, respiration, steel, tensile strength}

For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals

_{Michael Denton
July 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

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It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravitational field, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, ambient temperatures, anaerobic bacteria, Arthur C. Clarke, atmosphere, Carboniferous Period, combustion, earth, enzymes, extremophiles, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, hemoglobin, oxygen, rivers, spontaneous combustion, swamps, water}

Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?

_{Michael Denton
July 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
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, atmosphere, civilization, combustion, earth, fire, Fire-Maker series, gases, gravity, mankind, metabolism, metals, Mount Everest, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, respiration, Stone Age}

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

_{Michael Denton
July 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, Africa, ceramics, charcoal, civilization, computers, earth, fire, Fire-Maker, humans, kilns, lightning, metallurgy, volcanoes}

The Path to Technology Was Built into Nature

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2020

Intelligent Design

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All these elements of fitness in nature for the development of technology, crucial to mankind’s rise to civilization, long preceded man’s arrival on Earth. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 23, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, Alfred Russel Wallace, ambient temperatures, Arthur Wilson, campfire, charcoal, coal, combustion, determination, Fire-Maker series, genius, inventiveness, iron, kiln, matter, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, Stone Age, stone tools, technological advance, wood}

Combustion Is Anything but Ordinary

_{Michael Denton
July 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The combustion of wood or coal may seem so familiar as to be unworthy of any comment. Read More ›

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Michael Denton

Date
July 22, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
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, airplanes, ceramics, copper, fire, Fire-Maker series, Industrial Revolution, iron, Iron Age, machines, metallurgy, metals, microscopes, paleolithic, smelting, Stephen Pyne, telescopes, tools, World War II}

For Mankind, the Leap from Copper to Iron Was a Landmark Advance

_{Michael Denton
July 22, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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The importance of metals, particularly iron, and the importance of the discovery of metallurgy can hardly be exaggerated. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ancient Near East, Arthur Wilson, Bronze Age, campfire, charcoal, clay, copper, fire, Fire-Maker series, intelligent design, kiln, metal, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, temperature}

Fire and Metals — Primal Discoveries, by Design

_{Michael Denton
July 21, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The ability to tame fire led to the invention of the art of cooking, and much more. Read More ›