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UNINA9910452227403321 |
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Titolo |
Science in Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / edited by Juan José Saldaña, ; translated by Bernabé Madrigal |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Latin America - History |
Science - Social aspects - Latin America |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Originally published as Historia social de las ciencias en América Latina"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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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