Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the UniverseFree Press, 1998 - 454 páginas In NATURE'S DESTINY Michael Denton builds a stunning step-by-step argument that the universe is a specifically designed whole with life and mankind as its fundamental goal and purpose. Drawing together evidence from many areas of biology, including biochemistry, molecular biology, protein chemistry and human physiology as well as physics, geology and evolutionary theory, he shows that life can only flourish on Earth-like structures. That sentient brains can occur only in a mammalian-like body with features very similar to ours. In short, though we may have six-fingered cousins elsewhere in the universe, the laws of nature are tuned to reach an endpoint in mankind. A dazzling and readable work of science, this is also in a very real sense the first work of natural theology in modern times. |
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Prologue | 1 |
Life | 5 |
The Harmony of the Spheres | 7 |
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