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make up the giant molecule. These bases are known as A, T, G, and C, ac-
cording to the initial letters of their names. All the structural differences
among people depend on variations in the sequences of these letters. This is
a sort of a data-bank composed of four letters.
The sequential order of the letters in DNA determines the structure of
a human being down to its slightest details. In addition to features such as
height, and eye, hair and skin colours, the DNA in a single cell also con-
tains the design of the 206 bones, the 600 muscles, the 100 billion nerve
cells (neurons), 1.000 trillion connections between the neurons of the brain,
97,000 kilometres of veins, and the 100 trillion cells of the human body. If
we were to write down the information coded in DNA, then we would
have to compile a giant library consisting of 900 volumes of 500 pages
each. But the information this enormous library would hold is encoded in-
side the DNA molecules in the cell nucleus, which is far smaller than the
1/100th-of-a-millimetre-long cell itself.

Why Cannot DNA Come into Being by Chance?
At this point, there is an important detail that deserves attention. An
error in the sequence of the nucleotides making up a gene would render
that gene completely useless. When it is considered that there are 30,000
genes in the human body, it becomes clearer how impossible it is for the
millions of nucleotides making up these genes to have been formed, in the
right sequence, by chance. The evolutionist biologist Frank Salisbury has
comments on this impossibility:
A medium protein might include about 300 amino acids. The DNA gene con-
trolling this would have about 1,000 nucleotides in its chain. Since there are
four kinds of nucleotides in a DNA chain, one consisting of 1,000 links could
exist in 4 1,000 forms. Using a little algebra (logarithms) we can see that
4 1000 =10 600 . Ten multiplied by itself 600 times gives the figure 1 followed by
600 zeros! This number is completely beyond our comprehension. 126
The number 4 1000 is the equivalent of 10 600 . This means 1 followed by
600 zeros. As 1 with 12 zeros after it indicates a trillion, 600 zeros represents
an inconceivable number. The impossibility of the formation of RNA and
DNA by a coincidental accumulation of nucleotides is expressed by the
French scientist Paul Auger in this way:
We have to sharply distinguish the two stages in the chance formation of