"More than thirty years of experimentation on the origin of life in the fields of chemical and molecular evolution have led to a better perception of the immensity of the problem of the origin of life on Earth rather than to its solution. At present all discussions on principle theories and experiments in the field end in stalemate or in a confession of ignorance. "
""We need a pathway, a succession of chemical steps leading from the first building blocks of life to the RNA world. Chemistry, however, has so far failed to elucidate this pathway." [p24 - Vital Dust : Life As a Cosmic Imperative by Christian De Duve. 1995]
Francis Collins (head of the human genome project) says "'Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath dismantles the argument that science should lead to atheism, and demonstrates instead that Dawkins has abandoned his much-cherished rationality to embrace an embittered manifesto of dogmatic atheist fundamentalism."
Age
35
Country
Australia
Interests
Jazz:, bass, guitar, trombone. Science: Biochem, metabolism, genetics, evolution, paleoanthropology, paleontology History: The historicity of the gospels and other first century literature. Ancient Rome, ancient greek thought and philosophy