The Mystery of Life's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories

The Mystery of Life's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories by Thaxton, Charles B.. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780802224460.

A seminal work for the theory of intelligent design, this book provides a scientific critique of the prevailing paradigmatic theories of chemical evolution. The authors include Discovery fellows Charles Thaxton and Walter Bradley, and they conclude that the prebiotic soup from which the first cell supposedly arose is a myth. The Miller-Urey experiments employed an unrealistic gas mixture, and there is no geological evidence for its existence in Earths distant past. The "soup" faces a myriad of other problems, such as inevitable rapid destruction at the hands of radiation.