Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 DNA, Darwin, and the Appearance of Design 11
Chapter 2 The Evolution of a Mystery and Why It Matters 33
Chapter 3 The Double Helix 58
Chapter 4 Signature in the Cell 85
Chapter 5 The Molecular Labyrinth 112
Chapter 6 The Origin of Science and the Possibility of Design 136
Chapter 7 Of Clues to Causes 150
Chapter 8 Chance Elimination and Pattern Recognition 173
Chapter 9 Ends and Odds 194
Chapter 10 Beyond the Reach of Chance 215
Chapter 11 Self-Organization and Biochemical Predestination 229
Chapter 12 Thinking Outside the Bonds 253
Chapter 13 Chance and Necessity, or the Cat in the Hat Comes Back 271
Chapter 14 The RNA World 296
Chapter 15 The Best Explanation 324
Chapter 16 Another Road to Rome 349
Chapter 17 But Does It Explain? 373
Chapter 18 But Is It Science? 396
Chapter 19 Sauce for the Goose 416
Chapter 20 Why It Matters 439
Epilogue: A Living Science 453
Appendix A Some Predictions of Intelligent Design 481
Appendix B Multiverse Cosmology and the Origin of Life 499
Notes 509
Bibliography 563
Index 597
Acknowledgments 613
