PZ Myers

PZ Myers
PZ Myers

Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers (1957) es un profesor estadounidense de biología en University of Minnesota Morris y autor del blog de ciencia Pharyngula.[1] Estudia la especie danio rerio en el campo de biología evolutiva del desarrollo, así como a los cefalópodos. Ha realizado numerosas publicaciones de investigación en Nature y otras notables revistas científicas.[2]

PZ Myers es un crítico público del diseño inteligente y del movimiento creacionista en general y es un activista en el medio estadounidense de controversia creación-evolución.[3]

En el 2006, la revista Nature enlistó su blog Pharyngula, como el blog mejor posicionado escrito por un científico.[4] Adicionalmente, PZ Myers recibió el premio de Humanista del Año el 2009.

El asteroide 153298 Paulmyers fue nombrado así en su honor.[5]

Referencias

  1. PZ Myers Biology Faculty from University of Minnesota Morris
  2. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C1SKPC_enUS362&q=PZ+Myers&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=ws
  3. Oppenheimer, Mark. «BELIEFS; Atheists Debate How Pushy to Be», The New York Times, 16-10-2010, p. 12. Consultado el 19-12-2010.
  4. «Top five science blogs». Nature 442 (7098):  pp. 9–9. 2006. doi:10.1038/442009a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16823420. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7098/full/442009a.html. 
  5. Medkeff, Jeff (25-03-2008). «PZ Myers and (153298) Paulmyers». Consultado el 25-03-2008.

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