Tag: James Clerk Maxwell

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, British Association, Cambridge University, cancer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cecil J. Monro, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, configurational entropy, cosmology, Daniel Silver, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, fine-tuning, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell’s demon, molecules, Origin of Species, pain, Pangenesis, physics, poetry, punishment, Red Lions, science stopper, thermodynamics, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism}

Post-Darwin, Too, Maxwell Drew a Remarkable Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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So far we detect significant prescience about intelligent design in Maxwell’s thought. He all but uses the phrase himself. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 2, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, C. S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Douglast Axe, evolutionary literature, G. K. Chesterton, intelligent design, James C. Rautio, James Clerk Maxwell, Katherine Dewar, Lewis Campbell, Matthew Stanley, Michael Flannery, natural theologians, naturalism, Origin of Species, poems, Select Essay Club, Stephen Meyer, The Life of James Clerk Maxwell}

Before Darwin, How Maxwell’s Intelligent Design Argument Forecast Modern ID

_{David Coppedge
April 2, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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He was well versed in the evolutionary literature as well as in design arguments from antiquity to his day. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, DNA, faith and science, Francis Crick, history of science, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Watson, Latin, physicists, pleasure, Presbyterians, Psalms, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theology}

Watch: Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, at the Doors of the Cavendish Lab

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science

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Even these atheist scientists recognized that beauty was a marker that pointed to truth in their field, in which they too could take pleasure. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, chicken, Claude Shannon, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Essays on Life Itself, genome, information, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, junk DNA, Levinthal paradox, Life Itself, logos, Michael Levin, nature, Neoplatonism, Peter Tompa, physical world, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, snails, Walter Elsasser, yeast}

A Diffident Revolutionary

_{David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Charles Darwin, complexity, DNA, electricity, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), grass, James Clerk Maxwell, living systems, Ludwig Boltzmann, mountains, oceans, proteins, RNA, rocks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, simplicity, soil, sugars}

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, bioRxiv, C.S. Lewis, California, Christians, Europa, extraterrestrial life, Geophysical Research Letters, habitable zone, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Webb Space Telescope, Jupiter, life, Mars, Michael Denton, Mount Everest, NASA, Paul Sutter, SETI, solar system, The Miracle of Man, University of Copenhagen, University of Washington, Venus, volcanism, water, wind}

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Barbara McClintock, chaos, Discovery Institute, engineers, Eva Jablonka, intelligence, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Shapiro, John Cairns, Maxwell’s demon, molecular machines, motors, nanotechnology, natural genetic engineering, order, origin of information, Paul Davies, rotors, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer}

Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

_{Robert Shedinger
March 6, 2020

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, machines, molecular machines, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›