In the Beginning: And Other Essays on Intelligent Design

by Granville Sewell

In this wide-ranging collection of essays on origins, mathematician Granville Sewell looks at the big bang, the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, and the evolution of life.  He concludes that while there is much in the history of life that seems to suggest natural causes, there is nothing to support Charles Darwin’s idea that natural selection of random mutations can explain major evolutionary advances (“easily the dumbest idea ever taken seriously by science,” he calls it).  Sewell explains why evolution is a fundamentally different and much more difficult problem than others solved by science, and why increasing numbers of scientists are now recognizing what has long been obvious to the layman, that there is no explanation possible without design. This book summarizes many of the traditional arguments for intelligent design, but presents some powerful new arguments as well.

Genres: Science

147 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Professor of Mathematics,
University of Texas, El Paso

Reviews

[Dr Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

From using differential and integral calculus to vulnerability on his wife's death, the author makes a brilliant argument for ID and God's existence. A must read for sure.