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Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino-C? Have you ever seen such strange a name?

 
 
Reply Sun 21 Sep, 2014 11:13 pm


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New England Science Public (NESP) and the New England Center for the Public Understanding of Science at Roger Williams University, United States, have just released the study ‘Acceptance of Evolution by America’s Educators of Prospective Teachers: The Disturbing Reality of Evolution Illiteracy at Colleges and Universities.’

Coauthors Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino-C and Dr. Avelina Espinosa, members of NESP, investigated the attitudes toward evolution among 500 educators of prospective teachers affiliated with 300 colleges and universities in the US. These professionals (almost all PhD holders) where polled in five areas: (1) their views about evolution and creationism, (2) their understanding of how science and the evolutionary process work, (3) their position about the hypothetical ‘harmony or compatibility’ between science and religion, (4) their awareness of the age of the Earth, its moon, the solar system and universe, and (5) their personal convictions concerning the evolution or creation of humans in the context of their religiosity.

More:
https://richarddawkins.net/2014/09/evolution-illiteracy-among-americas-finest-educators/
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Reply Mon 22 Sep, 2014 02:14 am
@oristarA,
I am guessing he chose it himself partially based on a move from Spain to the United States. In Spain you have at least two surnames (one from your father and one from your mother). In the United States you have exactly one surname.

It is common for Spaniards in the US to use hyphenation to combine their surnames into one surname to fit on US forms.

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Reply Mon 22 Sep, 2014 05:49 am
Well, strange is relative.

A huge part of the world wouldn't find this name strange.

Max is right about the Spanish names formation.

http://pazymino1evolutionliteracy.blogs.umassd.edu/files/2011/06/Dr-Guillermo-Paz-y-Mino-C-photo-evolution-literacy.JPG

Guillermo Paz y Miño Cepeda, however, doesn't come from Spain but from Quito, Ecuador.

His family is quite famous there.

He is the brother of a historian and son of a books and newspapers editor.

Other family members are well know in social sciences fields.

His brother

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