The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Then and Now

Intelligent Design The Future by Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Oct 9, 202600:19:38Science & Medicine

On this ID the Future our of the archive, guest host Robert J. Marks interviews chemist Charles Thaxton about a seminal 1984 book he co-authored, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, foundational to the intelligent design movem...

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