The Stairway to Life

An Origin-of-Life Reality Check

Change Laura Tan and Rob Stadler

p71 Ch 7: Formation and Concentration of the Building Blocks

Step 2

Homochirality of Building Blocks

p87 Ch 8: Homochirality of Building Blocks

Step 3

p95 Ch 9: A Solution for the Water Paradox

Step 4

p99 Ch 10: Consistent Linkage of Building Blocks

Step 5

p107 Ch 11: Biopolymer Reproduction

Step 6

Nucleotide Sequences Forming Useful Code

p121 Ch 12: Nucleotide Sequences Forming Useful Code

Step 7

p127 Ch 13: Means of Gene Regulation

Step 8

p135 Ch 14: Means for Repairing Biopolymers

Step 9

p141 Ch 15: Selectively Permeable Membranes

Step 10

Means of Harnessing Energy

The marvelously crafted devices in the cell membrane transport electrons, produce a proton gradient, and drive a nano-machine to make the basic fuel molecule ATP.

p149 Ch 16: Means of Harnessing Energy

Step 11

p161 Ch 17: Interdependency of DNA, RNA, and Proteins

Step 12

p171 Ch 18: Coordinated Cellular Purpose

p201 "The only known source for this type of information is intelligence. Living organisms and the Stairway to Life are powerful evidence of God - an inescapable conclusion when one if free to follow the evidence where it leads."

p177 Ch 19: The View from the Top of the Stairway

p183 Part III. Conflict Resolution

p185 Ch 20: Why Do People Believe in Abiogenesis?

p193 Ch 21: Supplanting Abiogenesis

p201 "The only known source for this type of information is intelligence. Living organisms and the Stairway to Life are powerful evidence of God - an inescapable conclusion when one if free to follow the evidence where it leads."

p203 Epilogue

p213Anticipated Objections