The Design Revolution

{{Short description|2004 book by William A. Dembski}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = The Design Revolution

| image = File:The Design Revolution.jpg

| caption = Cover

| author = William A. Dembski

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = Intelligent design

| publisher = InterVarsity Press

| pub_date = 2004

| media_type = Print

| pages = 334

| isbn = 0-8308-3216-5

| oclc = 123119351

| preceded_by = No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence

| followed_by = Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology

}}

The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design is a 2004 book by William A. Dembski, who supports intelligent design, and the idea that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not a naturalistic process such as natural selection. The book is written in question/answer format from Dembski's point of view as one of the conceptual leaders in the movement. Each chapter is about 4 pages long and addresses one specific question. Dembski describes these questions as from his prior ten years experience in lectures, media interviews, and published criticism by the scientific community{{cite book

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sKVqpXqE0VwC&dq=%22the+design+revolution%22+%22past+ten+years%22&pg=PA21

| title = The Design Revolution, Preface p 20| isbn = 9780830832163| last1 = Dembski| first1 = William A.| date = 13 January 2004}} opposed to intelligent design, who constitute the majority of the scientific community and science education organizations.See: 1) List of scientific societies rejecting intelligent design 2) Kitzmiller v. Dover page 83. The Discovery Institute's [http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/ Dissent From Darwin Petition] has been signed by about 500 scientists. The AAAS, the largest association of scientists in the U.S., has 120,000 members, and [https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-board-resolution-intelligent-design-theory firmly rejects intelligent design and denies that there is a legitimate scientific controversy]. More than 70,000 Australian scientists and educators [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723032015/http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/2005/intelligent.html condemn teaching of intelligent design in school science classes]. [http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8408_statements_from_scientific_and_12_19_2002.asp List of statements from scientific professional organizations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328150011/http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8408_statements_from_scientific_and_12_19_2002.asp |date=2008-03-28 }} on the status intelligent design and other forms of creationism. The foreword was written by Charles W. Colson.

In the preface Dembski states he is progressively more convinced that Intelligent Design will revolutionize science, and that revolutionaries must be willing to take abuse and ridicule by the ruling elite, in this case the "dogmatic Darwinists and scientific naturalists."