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Science in Latin America : A History.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292795716
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science in Latin AmericaDDC classification:
  • 509.8
LOC classification:
  • Q127
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Scientific Theater (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 1: Natural History and Herbal Medicine in Sixteenth-century America (Xavier Lozoya) -- CHAPTER 2: Science and Public Happiness during the Latin American Enlightenment (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 3: Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736-1803 (Luis Carlos Arboleda and Diana Soto Arango) -- CHAPTER 4: Scientific Traditions and Enlightenment Expeditions in Eighteenth-century Hispanic America (Antonio Lafuente and Leoncio López-Ocón) -- CHAPTER 5: Science and Freedom: Science and Technology as a Policy of the New American States (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 6: Scientific Medicine and Public Health in Nineteenth-century Latin America (Emilio Quevedo and Francisco Gutiérrez) -- CHAPTER 7: Academic Science in Twentieth-century Latin America (Hebe M. C. Vessuri) -- CHAPTER 8: Excellence in Twentieth-century Biomedical Science (Marcos Cueto) -- CHAPTER 9: International Politics and the Development of the Exact Sciences in Latin America (Regis Cabral).
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Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Scientific Theater (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 1: Natural History and Herbal Medicine in Sixteenth-century America (Xavier Lozoya) -- CHAPTER 2: Science and Public Happiness during the Latin American Enlightenment (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 3: Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736-1803 (Luis Carlos Arboleda and Diana Soto Arango) -- CHAPTER 4: Scientific Traditions and Enlightenment Expeditions in Eighteenth-century Hispanic America (Antonio Lafuente and Leoncio López-Ocón) -- CHAPTER 5: Science and Freedom: Science and Technology as a Policy of the New American States (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 6: Scientific Medicine and Public Health in Nineteenth-century Latin America (Emilio Quevedo and Francisco Gutiérrez) -- CHAPTER 7: Academic Science in Twentieth-century Latin America (Hebe M. C. Vessuri) -- CHAPTER 8: Excellence in Twentieth-century Biomedical Science (Marcos Cueto) -- CHAPTER 9: International Politics and the Development of the Exact Sciences in Latin America (Regis Cabral).

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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