Activist Biology The National Museum, Politics, and Nation Building in Brazil

The Higher Voice of Biology is the story of a group of biologists at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro who joined the drive to renew the Brazilian nation, claiming as their weapon the voice of their fledgling field. It offers a portrait of science as a creative and transformative pathway. This b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Duarte, Regina Horta, author (author), Duarte, Regina Horta (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press 2016
2016.
Colección:Latin American landscapes.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430287606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Activist biology
  • Chapter 2. A miniature of the fatherland
  • Chapter 3. The making of a biologist
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline of Brazilian history (1889-1945).