Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
Douglas Axe
Jul 2016 · HarperCollins
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“In this engaging book, Axe uses ‘common science’ to consider the biggest mystery: To what or to whom do we owe our existence?” (Dean Koontz).
A World Magazine Best Book of the Year
Throughout his distinguished and unconventional career, engineer-turned-molecular-biologist Douglas Axe has been asking the questions that much of the scientific community would rather silence. Now, he presents his conclusions in this brave and pioneering book. Axe argues that the key to understanding our origin is the “design intuition”—the innate belief held by all humans that tasks we would need knowledge to accomplish can only be accomplished by someone who has that knowledge. For the ingenious task of inventing life, this knower can only be God.
Starting with the hallowed halls of academic science, Axe dismantles the widespread belief that Darwin’s theory of evolution is indisputably true, showing instead that a gaping hole has been at its center from the beginning. He then explains in plain English the science that proves our design intuition scientifically valid. Lastly, he uses everyday experience to empower ordinary people to defend their design intuition, giving them the confidence and courage to explain why it has to be true and the vision to imagine what biology will become when people stand up for this truth.
Armed with that confidence, readers will affirm what once seemed obvious to all of us—that living creatures, from single-celled cyanobacteria to orca whales and human beings, are brilliantly conceived, utterly beyond the reach of accident.
Our intuition was right all along.
“Douglas Axe’s Undeniable is bold, insightful and world-changing. It’s also a joy to read. I recommend it highly!” —Phillip E. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Law at U. C. Berkeley and author of Darwin on Trial
“An important addition to the debate on the origins of life. It provides a middle way between religious and scientific explanations of how life began. A must-read for everyone who is interested in the origins of our universe.” —The Washington Book Review
A World Magazine Best Book of the Year
Throughout his distinguished and unconventional career, engineer-turned-molecular-biologist Douglas Axe has been asking the questions that much of the scientific community would rather silence. Now, he presents his conclusions in this brave and pioneering book. Axe argues that the key to understanding our origin is the “design intuition”—the innate belief held by all humans that tasks we would need knowledge to accomplish can only be accomplished by someone who has that knowledge. For the ingenious task of inventing life, this knower can only be God.
Starting with the hallowed halls of academic science, Axe dismantles the widespread belief that Darwin’s theory of evolution is indisputably true, showing instead that a gaping hole has been at its center from the beginning. He then explains in plain English the science that proves our design intuition scientifically valid. Lastly, he uses everyday experience to empower ordinary people to defend their design intuition, giving them the confidence and courage to explain why it has to be true and the vision to imagine what biology will become when people stand up for this truth.
Armed with that confidence, readers will affirm what once seemed obvious to all of us—that living creatures, from single-celled cyanobacteria to orca whales and human beings, are brilliantly conceived, utterly beyond the reach of accident.
Our intuition was right all along.
“Douglas Axe’s Undeniable is bold, insightful and world-changing. It’s also a joy to read. I recommend it highly!” —Phillip E. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Law at U. C. Berkeley and author of Darwin on Trial
“An important addition to the debate on the origins of life. It provides a middle way between religious and scientific explanations of how life began. A must-read for everyone who is interested in the origins of our universe.” —The Washington Book Review
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4.6
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Mark Garrett
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August 23, 2016
The argument set forth is very compelling and it is hammered out in great detail. Some areas of the book gravitate a bit too far in the technical areas, but overall a very worthwhile read for those of us with sceptical ideas about the scientific status quo. I became quite enamored with this subject after reading Biocentrism, and this author comes at it from a slightly different angle.
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Mike Pinsent
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May 9, 2018
Easy and fascinating logical and true scientific look at the huge issues
facing scientists who are looking for the real facts of evolution and so
risk being bullied by the establishment. "If it looks too convenient to be
true, it probably is." Great illustrations, I loved the one about alphabet
soup!
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Damian Thar
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March 2, 2024
Solid read. It gets interesting at the end. Wish the final two chapters were longer, caz that's where things get very good.
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About the author
Douglas Axe, PhD, is the director of Biologic Institute, a non-profit research organization launched by Discovery Institute in Seattle. After his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and doctoral work at Caltech, he held postdoctoral and research scientist positions at the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge Medical Research Council Centre, and the Babraham Institute in Cambridge. His work and ideas have been featured in many scientific journals, including the Journal of Molecular Biology, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature, and in such books as Signature in the Cell and Darwin’s Doubt by Stephen Meyer and Life’s Solution by Simon Conway Morris.
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