Guillermo Gonzalez

Des Moines, IA — Iowa State University faculty secretly plotted to deny tenure to a distinguished astronomer, as revealed in private emails written by faculty and administrators at ISU. Discovery Institute is making public a record of secret emails exchanged among faculty at Iowa State University about noted ISU astronomer Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez. The emails demonstrate that an orchestrated campaign was Read More ›

This statement, published by Iowa State University, regards Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez’s tenure appeal at Iowa State University. In the statement, Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy responds as follows: On Friday, June 1, I informed Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, of my decision to deny his tenure appeal. The rest Read More ›

This article, published by Iowa State Daily, mentions a book by Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellows Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards:

A documentary based on an ISU professor’s book in support of Intelligent Design theory is planned to be shown at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. later this month.

Assistant astronomy and physics professor Guillermo Gonzalez co-authored “The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery” in 2004 with Jay Richards, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. The book and the documentary examine and express support for the controversial theory of Intelligent Design.

Original Article Ames, Ia. – An Iowa State University professor wants astronauts to go back to the moon. He says the world could be surprised by what’s there – 4 billion-year-old remnants of Earth, Mars and Venus that could redefine the history of the solar system and mankind. “There is a chance to get our hands on new, empirical evidence Read More ›

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This article, published by New Scientist, mentions Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow Guillermo Gonzalez: Guillermo Gonzalez, an astronomer at the University of Washington in Seattle, was intrigued to discover three years ago that 51 Pegasi, the first star other than the Sun that astronomers found to have a planet, had lots of heavy elements in its Read More ›

SYDNEY, Australia, March 15 (UPI)–Finding Earth-like planets with advanced life forms could be easier than we once thought, says one astrophysicist. Charles Lineweaver, of the University of New South Wales, says the probability of a solar system harboring life-sustaining planets is directly proportional to the amount of metal in that system’s star. “The ability to produce “Earths” is zero at Read More ›