The History of Physics in Cuba
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...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Σειρά: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction
- 1 A Short Introduction to this Volume; Angelo Baracca, Jürgen Renn, and Helge Wendt
- 2 The Cuban “Exception”: The Development of an Advanced Scientific System in an Underdeveloped Country; Angelo Baracca
- 3 Cuba: Short Critical Bibliographic Guide; Duccio Basosi
- Part I Historical Surveys
- 4 The Teaching of Physics in Cuba from Colonial Times to 1959; José Altshuler and Angelo Baracca
- 5 Mathematics and Physics in Cuba Before 1959: A Personal Recollection; José Altshuler
- 6 A Comprehensive Study of the Development of Physics in Cuba from 1959; Angelo Baracca, Víctor Luis Fajer Avila, and Carlos Rodríguez Castellanos
- 7 Accomplishments in Cuban Physics (up to 1995); Carlos R. Handy and Carlos Trallero-Giner
- 8 Physics at the University of Oriente; Luis M. Méndez Pérez and Carlos A. Cabal Mirabal
- 9 The Training of Physics Teachers in Cuba: A Historical Approach; Diego de Jesús Alamino Ortega
- 10 Can Universities Develop Advanced Technology and Solve Social Problems?; Isarelis Pérez Ones and Jorge Núñes Jover.-Part II Reflections from the Inside
- 11 The Rise and Development of Physics in Cuba: An Interview with Hugo Pérez Rojas in May 2009; Angelo Baracca
- 12 An Interview with Professor Melquíades de Dios Leyva, December 2008; Olimpia Arias de Fuentes
- 13 Experimental Semiconductor Physics: The Will to Contribute to the Country’s Economic Development; Elena Vigil Santos
- 14 Cuban Techno-physical Experiments in Space; José Altshuler, Ocatvio Calzadilla Amaya, Federico Falcon, Juan E. Fuentes, Jorge Lodos, and Elena Vigil Santos
- 15 Superconductivity in Cuba: Reaching the Frontline; Oscar Arés Muzio and Ernesto Altshuler
- 16 The Physics of Complex Systems in Cuba; Oscar Sotolongo-Costa
- 17 Magnetic Resonance Project 35-26-7: A Cuban Case of Engineering Physics and Biophysics; Carlos A. Cabal Mirabal
- 18 Nanotechnologies in Cuba: Popularization and Training; Carlos Rodríguez Castellanos
- 19 Physics Studies at the University of Havana; Osvaldo de Melo Pereira and María Sánchez Colina
- 20 Physics and Women: A Challenge Being Successfully Met in Cuba; Olimpia Arias de Fuentes
- Part III Reflections from the Outside
- 21 The Beginning of Semiconductor Research in Cuba; Theodore Veltfort
- 22 Andrea Levialdi in Memoriam; Dina Waisman
- 23 The Andrea Levialdi Fellowship; Roberto Fieschi
- 24 A Witness to French-Cuban Cooperation in Physics in the 1970s; Jacqueline Cernogora
- 25 My Collaboration with Cuban Physicists; Fabrizio Leccabue
- 26 Scientific Cooperation Between the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (DAW) and Cuba in the 1960s and 1970s; Helge Wendt
- 27 A Beautiful Story; Federico García-Moliner
- 28 The Current State of Physics in Cuba: A Personal Perspective; Marcelo Alonso
- 29 Engaging Cuban Physicists Through the APS/CPS Partnership; Irving A. Lerch
- 30 A Perspective on Physics in Cuba; Carlos R. Handy
- 31 Cuban/US Research Interactions Since 1995; Maria C. Tamargo
- 32 Viva La Ciencia: Cuba’s Creative Scientists Aim to Make Knowledge Their Country’s Sugar Substitute; Rosalind Reid and Brian Hayes
- Part IV Scientific Communication and Its Conditions
- 33 Physics in Cuba from the Perspective of Bibliometrics; Werner Marx and Manuel Cardona
- 34 Contemporary Cuban Physics Through Scientific Publications: An Insider’s View; Ernesto Altshuler.
