In the Beginning was Information or Chaos This lecture is based his book by the same title, and discusses the origin of life from the viewpoint of information science with This lecture is based his book by the same title, and discusses the origin of life from the viewpoint of information science with many illustrative and striking examples. Dr Werner Gitt shows that coded information can only come from an intelligent source. The DNA code is thus proof of intelligent design—specifically, the God of the Bible. Dr Werner Gitt was a director and professor at the German Federal Institute of Physics and Technology (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig), the Head of the Department of Information Technology.