Michael Guillen was born in East Los Angeles, earned his BS from UCLA and his MS and PhD form Cornell University in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. For eight years he was an award-winning physics instructor at Harvard University.
For fourteen years he was the Emmy-winning Science Editor for ABC News, appearing regularly on Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Dr. Guillen is the host of the History Channel series Where Did It Come From? and producer of the award-winning family movie Little Red Wagon.
Dr. Guillen contributes his analyses of modern scientific topics to Fox News and other major media outlets; hosts the popular podcast Science + God with Dr. G; runs a film and television production company, writes books; and is a popular speaker worldwide.
He's the bestselling author of Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics; Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics; Can a Smart Person Believe in God?; Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree; The Null Prophecy (novel); and The End of Life As We Know It: Ominous News from the Frontiers of Science. His newest book, Believing is Seeing: a Physicist Explains How Science Shattered his Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith, will be released in Fall, 2021.