The Privileged Planet
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| Author | Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards |
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| Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
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Publication date
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Hardback March 2004, Paperback 2006 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
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| OCLC | 54046478 |
| 523.2 22 | |
| LC Class | QB501 .G66 2004 |
The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery is a 2004 book by Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards which claims scientific evidence for intelligent design. Both Gonzalez and Richards are associated with the Discovery Institute, identified with the intelligent design movement; Gonzalez works as a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
This book has proven to be highly controversial within the scientific community.
Positive reviews:
Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reviews the book explaining "This thoughtful, delightfully contrarian book will rile up those who believe the 'Copernican principle' is an essential philosophical component of modern science. Is our universe designedly congenial to intelligent, observing life? Passionate advocates of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) will find much to ponder in this carefully documented analysis."
Philip Skell, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Physics often referred to as "the father of carbene chemistry" reviewed the book writing "In this fascinating and highly original book, Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards advance a persuasive argument, and marshal a wealth of diverse scientific evidence to justify that argument. In the process, they effectively challenge several popular assumptions, not only about the nature and history of science, but also about the nature and origin of the cosmos. The Privileged Planet will be impossible to ignore. It is likely to change the way we view both the scientific enterprise and the world around us. I recommend it highly."
Negative reviews:
William H. Jefferys, a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, reviewed the book writing "the little that is new in this book isn't interesting, and what is old is just old-hat creationism in a new, modern-looking astronomical costume."
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