Without Excuse

List of all Figures and Tables .
Terms used for large numbers .
Foreword by William A. Dembski .
Preface.
Introduction.
 
Part I: Information
1.   Various manifestations of information.
1.1 The Spider\'s Web .
1.2 The Spinnerets of Uroctea .
1.3 The Morpho rhetenor Butterfly.
1.4 The Development of Human Embryos.
1.5 The Organ-playing Robot.
2:   The five levels of Universal Information.
      2.1 Search for the Right Scientific Term for \'Information\'.
      2.2 Necessary Conditions for Universal Information.
      2.3 The Lowest Level of Information: Statistics.
      2.4 The Second Level of Information: Cosyntics.
      2.5 The Third Level of Information: Semantics (Meaning).
      2.6 The Fourth Level of Information: Pragmatics (Action).
      2.7 The Fifth Level of Information: Apobetics (Purpose).
      2.8 Summary.
3:   The Theory of Universal Information.
3.1 Materialistic Views of Information.
3.2 The Theory of Universal Information .
3.3 The Definition of Universal Information .
3.4 Defining the Domain of Universal Information.
3.5 Classification into the UI Domain—Some Examples .
Example 1: Fraunhofer Lines .
Example 2: Four different sequences of letters .
Example 3: Plaques on the Pioneer 10/11 Spacecrafts.
Example 4: A vase on Mars .
Example 6: A lost letter .
Example 7: Weather probe .
Example 8: A sequence of pictograms .
Example 9: Picture file sent over the Internet .
 
Part II: Scientific Laws
Chapter 4: A brief overview of science.
4.1 The Terminology Used in Science .
4.2 The Limits of Science and the Persistence of Paradigms/Worldviews.
 
4.3 The Nature of Physical Laws.
4.4 The Relevance of Scientific Laws.
4.5 What is the Basic Difference between Models, Hypotheses,
Theories and Scientific Laws? .
4.6 Physics is an Art .
4.7 Scientific Laws for Nonmaterial Entities.
5:   Scientific laws governing the UI domain .
5.1 Various Concepts of Information .
5.2 The Difference Between Material and Nonmaterial Entities .
5.3 Universal Information as a Nonmaterial Entity .
5.4 The Scientific Proof that UI is a Nonmaterial Entity.
5.5 Matter Alone Cannot Create Universal Information.
5.6 Universal Information Cannot be Created Randomly.
5.7 Universal Information Can Only be Created by an Intelligent Sender.
5.8 Three Types of Transmitted Universal Information.
5.8.1 Copied Universal Information.
5.8.2 Modified Universal Information.
5.8.3 Created Universal Information.
5.9 The Pragmatics of Universal Information.
5.9.1 Production Universal Information (PUI).
5.9.2 Operational Universal Information (OUI).
5.9.3 Communication Universal Information (CUI).
5.10 Is there a Law of Conservation of Information? .
5.11 Summary Statement.
 
Part III: Information and Biological Life
6:   Is the essence of life material or nonmaterial? .
6.1 Is Biological Life Purely Matter (Mass and Energy)?.
6.2 Can there be Synthetic Life?.
7:   Information in living things .
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Proteins .
7.3 Cellular Synthesis of Proteins .
7.4 An Optimal Coding System .
7.5 Does DNA/RNA Convey Universal Information? .
7.6 Materialistic Models for the Origin of Biological \'Information\'.
7.7 Scientists who Oppose Evolution .
7.8 Is Selection an Information Source? .
 
Part IV: Sound arguments
8:   Eight far-reaching deductions.
8.1 Review of Previous Chapters and Preview of Chapter 8.
8.2 Deduction 1: There must be an Intelligent Sender.
8.3 Deduction 2: The Sender must be Highly Intelligent.
8.4 Deduction 3: The Sender must Possess Highly Creative Power.
 
8.5 Deduction 4: The Intelligent Sender has a Nonmaterial Component.
8.6 Deduction 5: Humans have a Nonmaterial Component.
8.7.1 Deduction 6: The Doctrine of Materialism is False.
8.7.2 Corollary to Deduction 6: The Big Bang is Insufficient for
the Origin of Universal Information.
8.8.1 Deduction 7: Chemical Evolution Cannot be True.
8.8.2 Corollary to Deduction 7: Chemical evolution is refuted .
8.9 Deduction 8: Biological Evolution is Refuted .
8.10 Summary.
8.11 Concluding Remarks.
 
Part V: Universal Information and the Bible
9:   Applying the Theory of Universal Information to the Bible.
9.1 Introduction .
9.2 Is the Bible a Reliable Source of Information?
9.2.1 The Scattering and Return of Israel.
9.2.2 Mathematical Calculations.
9.2.3 The Anthill Model.
9.2.4 Conclusions from the Above Calculations.
9.3 But What About Other Writings?.
9.4 Comparing the Logical Conclusions with the Bible.
9.4.1 God is Infinitely Intelligent and Omniscient (Infinitely Knowing).
9.4.2 God is Omnipotent (Infinite Creative Power).
9.4.3 God is Nonmaterial (Spirit) .
9.4.4 God is Eternal .
9.4.5 Man has a Nonmaterial Component.
9.4.6 Materialism and the Big Bang are Refuted .
9.4.7 Chemical Evolution is Refuted .
9.4.8 Biological Evolution is Refuted .
9.5 Examining UI Attributes in the Bible .
9.5.1 God as Sender, Man as Receiver.
9.5.2 Man as Sender, God as Receiver .
9.5.3 The Highest Packing Density of Information.
 
PART VI: Questions and answers
10: Frequently asked questions about the Theory of Universal Information 241
10.1 Questions with Brief Answers .
10.2 Questions Requiring Lengthy Answers.
10.2.1 Suggestions for \'Measuring\' Universal Information .
10.2.2 Software Complexity and Specified Complexity .
 
EPILOGUE .
 
Appendix 1: The statistical view of information.
A1.1 Shannon\'s Theory of Information .
A1.2 Mathematical Treatment of Statistical Information.
 
A1.2.1 The Bit: A Unit of Statistical Information.
A1.2.2 The Information Spiral.
A1.2.3 The Highest Packing Density of Information.
 
Appendix 2: Energy and information in biological systems.
A2.1 Energy, a Fundamental Entity.
A2.2 Energy: Its Generation and Utilization in Various Systems.
A2.3 Conservation of Energy in Biological Systems.
A2.3.1 Animals with \'Lamps\'.
A2.3.2 The Lung, an Optimal Structure.
A2.3.3 The Flight of Migrating Birds.
A2.3.3.1 The Flight of Migrating Birds: An Accurate Energy Calculation.
A2.3.3.2 The Flight of Migrating Birds: A Navigational Masterpiece.
A2.3.3.3 The Flight of Birds—an Information-controlled Process.
 
Appendix 3: Scientific Laws.
A3.1 The Classification of Scientific Laws.
A3.2 Possible and Impossible Processes.
A3.3 Must Scientific Laws Always be Expressed Mathematically?
 
 
Appendix 4: What Darwin couldn\'t have known.
A4.1 Who are We to Thank?
A4.2 Making Evolution Happen.
A4.3 Sexual Reproduction.
A4.4 Technological Ingenuity in Red Blood Cells.
A4.5 Is Evolution a Workable Paradigm?
A4.6 Where Does Information Come From?
A4.7 Where Did Life Come From?
 
Scientific lectures.
Bibliography.
List of names.
The Authors.