Guillermo Gonzalez (astrophysicist)

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Guillermo Gonzalez (* 1963 in Havana , Cuba ) is an astrophysicist and advocate of intelligent design .

education

Gonzalez studied astronomy and physics at the University of Arizona and received his doctorate in astronomer from the University of Washington .

Functions

Gonzalez is a senior member of the Discovery Institute belonging to the Center for Science and Culture , an important representative of the intelligent design movement and member of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design , which also promoted the Intelligent Design.

Academic work

Grove City College

Gonzalez is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Grove City College , a private Christian college founded in Grove City, Pennsylvania in 1876. He works there, among other things, at the observatory acquired in 2008 and heads the school's astronomy program.

Publications

Books

  • The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery . 1st edition. Regnery Publishing, Washington DC 2004, ISBN 0-89526-065-4 (With Jay Wesley Richards).
  • Observational Astronomy . 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-521-85370-5 (With D. Scott Birney and David Oesper).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grove City College: Professor Profile - Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez
  2. ^ Grove City College: College acquires observatory for research ( memento June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 13, 2008.
  3. Nine new faculty members bring specialties to campus ( Memento from January 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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Philosophical criticism