Dr. Michael J. Behe
Dr. Michael J. Behe is Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. Behe’s current research involves delineation of design and natural selection in protein structures. Michael advocates for the validity of the argument for irreducible complexity (IC), which claims that some biochemical structures are too complex to be explained by known evolutionary mechanisms and are therefore probably the result of intelligent design.
In his career he has authored over 40 technical papers and three books:
- Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
- The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism
- Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
In turn, each volume has built on the evidence that living systems at the molecular level are best explained as being the result of deliberate intelligent design. The books have been reviewed by the New York Times, Nature, Philosophy of Science, Christianity Today, and many other periodicals. Darwin’s Black Box has sold over 250,000 copies and was internationally reviewed in over one hundred publications. Both National Review and World magazine named it as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century.
Behe has presented and debated his work at major universities throughout North America and England. Michael Behe is a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
Michael explored the building blocks of life in Secrets of the Cell, a 7-part YouTube series focusing on complexity in nature. The series explores the elegance of nature: randomly evolved or purposefully designed? The series reveals an unseen world of genetic coding, fabulous integrated systems, and astonishing machines. Each episode investigates some intriguing discovery in science.
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