implications of intelligent design. In an appendix, he offers answers to various objections to intelligent design. Reception The physicist Victor J. Stenger criticized the book as "stealth creationism," and presenting an "argument from design" that "donned yet another set of clothes." Stenger further noted, "While he insists that this argument does not depend on any specific theological assumptions, his book unabashedly promotes his interpretation that the design inferred is the work of the Christian God." Some criticisms also focuses on the technical theory presented, namely, specified complexity and Dembski's statements regarding the law of conservation of information. It has been argued that together they constitute nothing more than a re-statement of the second law of thermodynamics, which is known to permit the development of local concentrations of increased order in the universe provided that there is a counterbalancing increase in disorder elsewhere. Regarding physics, "When Dembski says that information cannot be generated naturally, he seems to be voicing yet another muddled version of the common creationist assertion that the second law forbids the generation of order by natural processes. Like his predecessors, he ignores the caveat "closed system" in the formal statement of the second law." Dembski's reliance on such a controversial and unaccepted model is also not accepted in academia." Critics like Jason Rosenhouse, a mathematics professor, claim Intelligent Design contributes nothing to the discussion of evolution and intelligent design since Dembski's assertions ride on Behe's claim, and that claim is false. References External links The publisher's webpage for Intelligent Design Some criticisms How to Evolve Specified Complexity by Natural Means, Matt Young The Emperor's New Designer Clothes, Victor J. Stenger The Design Detectives, Jason Rosenhouse. Assistant Professor, Mathematics, James Madison University. Analysis of William A. Dembski's Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology, and Phillip Johnson's The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism 1999 non-fiction books American non-fiction books Books by William A. Dembski English-language books Intelligent design books