Tag: Charles Tanford

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, Charles Tanford, ecosystem, electronegativity, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Lawrence J. Henderson, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, primer, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 18, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, atheism, carbon, carboxyl, cells, Charles Tanford, environmental fitness, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Michael Denton, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, proteins, The Miracle of the Cell, theism, universe}

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Read More ›