Mexican Scientist explains why Mexicans don't have a problem with Darwin
Yesterday, while looking around the web on topics of my choice I found an excellent piece of writing from Dr. Antonio Zazcano. So in honor of the beginning of Hispanic month which is really about Hispanic Americans, I am sharing this article written by a Mexican scientist with you. This is in order to show some folks that Mexicans are not ONLY about colors, parties and dancing. The article is in the Nov 2005 issue of Science. Dr. Zazcano explains how the Mexican nation is able to balance Christian belief with rigorous study of Dawin's theory of Natural Selection. He goes on to explain that there seems to be little conflict between teaching religious beliefs and scientific theory.
Antonio Lazcano
Mexico
Antonio Lazcano, a biology professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, has studied the origin and early evolution of life for more than 30 years. He was trained both as an undergraduate and graduate student at UNAM, where he focused on the study of prebiotic evolution and the emergence of life. An academic deeply committed to public education, he has devoted considerable efforts to scientific journalism and teaching. He is the author of several books published in Spanish, including The Origin of Life, first printed in 1984 and which has become a bestseller with more than 600,000 copies sold. He is an avid promoter of evolutionary biology and the study of the origins of life in Latin America, and has been professor-in-residence or visiting scientist in France, Spain, Cuba, Switzerland, Russia, and the United States. In addition, he has served on many international advisory and review boards, including ones for NASA and other international organizations. He has just been reelected president of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, the first Latin American scientist to occupy this position.
CREDIT: YE YONG
Here is the link!
GLOBAL VOICES OF SCIENCE:?Teaching Evolution in Mexico: Preaching to the Choir
Antonio Lazcano*
http://www.sciencemag.org/...
Yes I know there is a a lot wrong with Mexico......blah blah etc. However it is interesting to know that this problem with Charles Darwin in the United States, doesn't seem to be as big an issue with our neighbor to the south. (I know it not an issue in Canada either)
Please pass on this link to any life science teachers you know.
They might appreciate the writing, I did.
Okay, did you read it??????
Happy 1st of September!
Okay now let's party! ayyyyyeeeeee
oops a couple more links I will go back and add to C&J!
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native americans in Science
http://www.sacnas.org/
Mexican American engineers and scientists
http://www.maes-natl.org/