Article ID: CBB000933597

La modernización de la ciencia en México y la Política de Buena Vecindad en el caso de la astronomía (2005)

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A finales del período presidencial de Lázaro Cárdenas, Luis Enrique Erro, diplomático mexicano aficionado a la astronomía, y Harlow Shapley, Director del Harvard College Observatory, desataron un proceso que llevó a la astronomía mexicana al encuentro con la astrofísica moderna. Las causas que hicieron posible el demorado objetivo de modernizar la astronomía mexicana remiten a un complejo proceso en el cual factores tales como la personalidad, el horizonte intelectual, la posición política y los intereses vitales de estos personajes tejieron una trama que conectó sus experiencias de vida con hechos de otra envergadura, como son la lucha política en México y las relaciones internacionales entre ambos países durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La situación en que se encontraba la lucha por el poder y aquellas relaciones internacionales ofrecen excelentes referencias para comprender los alcances de esa oportunidad histórica en la consecución de un proyecto de modernización científica como el de Erro.

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Authors & Contributors
Palmeri, JoAnn
Bartolucci, Jorge
Belkora, Leila
Birn, Anne-Emanuelle
Brown, Theodore M.
DeVorkin, David H.
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Agricultural History
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Mexican Studies
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Oklahoma
Institute of Physics Publishing
Princeton University Press
Rutgers University Press
Texas A&M University Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Cross-national interaction
Astrophysics
Science and politics
Astronomical observatories
Cosmology
People
Shapley, Harlow
Bailey, Solon Irving
Herschel, William
Hoffleit, Dorrit
Huggins, William
Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelis
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
Mexico
Great Britain
India
Soviet Union
California (U.S.)
Institutions
Harvard University
Mount Wilson Observatory
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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