02852nam 22005654a 450 991045222740332120200520144314.00-292-79571-8(CKB)1000000000467055(EBL)3443176(SSID)ssj0000242161(PQKBManifestationID)11217927(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242161(PQKBWorkID)10301474(PQKB)10041800(MiAaPQ)EBC3443176(OCoLC)82139224(MdBmJHUP)muse19348(Au-PeEL)EBL3443176(CaPaEBR)ebr10245642(OCoLC)646760615(EXLCZ)99100000000046705520051205d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience in Latin America[electronic resource] a history /edited by Juan José Saldaña, ; translated by Bernabé MadrigalAustin University of Texas Pressc20061 online resource (265 p.)"Originally published as Historia social de las ciencias en América Latina"--T.p. verso.0-292-71271-5 Includes bibliographical references.""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)""ScienceLatin AmericaHistoryScienceSocial aspectsLatin AmericaElectronic books.ScienceHistory.ScienceSocial aspects509.8Saldaña Juan José969491MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452227403321Science in Latin America2203157UNINA