The History of Physics in Cuba

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baracca, Angelo (Editor), Renn, Jürgen (Editor), Wendt, Helge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 304
• Subjects: Physics.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This book brings together a broad spectrum of authors, both from inside and from outside Cuba, who describe the development of Cuba's scientific system from the colonial period to the present. It is a unique documentation of the self-organizing power of a local scientific community engaged in s...