Retrospect

Retrospect

The intimate life of the sertão

After eight decades, Graciliano Ramos's Vidas Secas (Barren Lives) remains a fundamental novel in the construction of Brazil's imaginary repertory

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An ecologist in the New World

Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt explored the Americas in the early nineteenth century and alerted the world to human impact on the environment

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A physicist with a passion for light

Sérgio Porto played an important role in the introduction and application of laser technology in several fields in Brazil

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Fight for the forest

For 30 years, IBAMA has been working to protect the environment in Brazil through operations based on technical studies and scientific research

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Reasoned dialog

Seventy years ago, a movement led by a group of scientists catalyzed the creation of the Brazilian Center for Physics Research

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The other evolutionist

Alfred Wallace, a lesser-known contributor to the theory of evolution, explored the Amazon between 1848 and 1852, where he collected specimens, wrote, and sketched

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Treasures of the sertão

A scientific expedition to Ceará in the mid-nineteenth century helped to expand collections at the National Museum

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The chemistry of success

USP’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences reaches its 120th anniversary as a leading institution in medicines, clinical and toxicological testing, and food science

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One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba

How a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America

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Development theories

Seventy years ago, ECLAC created strategies for the industrialization of Latin American countries

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German engineering

Germans boosted the development of the urban infrastructure in São Paulo in the 19th century.

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Knowing the earth, in depth

The search for oil contributed to the creation of the first geology courses in Brazil

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For a return to former glory

At its 200th anniversary, Brazil’s National Museum is looking to reclaim its important role in disseminating natural sciences in Brazil

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A time of chaos

100 years ago, Spanish flu wreaked havoc worldwide, killing 30 million people and 35,000 in Brazil alone

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A controversial vaccine

Early attempts to prevent yellow fever in Brazil, in 1883, were beset by controversy

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For a sanitized city

Created a century ago, the Laboratory of Hygiene was the precursor of the School of Public Health at USP

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For the mad, the madhouse

The first insane asylums in Brazil were built in the mid-nineteenth century in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

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Science in the wilderness

Scientific expeditions gave new insight into health in 20th century rural Brazil

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Multiple links in the innovation chain

FINEP celebrates its 50th anniversary with a broad mandate and a funding crisis

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Providing a legal education

Law schools contributed to the development of a national identity

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Innovation during the Empire

First patents law helped encourage innovation in Brazil in the 19th century

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An independent collector

Wanda Hanke traveled alone throughout South America in the 1930s

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Researchers of the sea

Oceanography began to be consolidated in Brazil in the 1940s

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For the sake of plant and animal health

At age 90, the Biological Institute has become a center for research

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Medicine in the countryside

Samuel Pessoa helped forge an intellectual tradition of public health

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The women of psychoanalysis

Women have contributed to the spread of Freud’s ideas in Brazil

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Pioneering spirit in women’s health

The Institute of Gynecology perfected strategies to fight cervical cancer

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Benvenuti, Doctors!

Italian physicians contributed to research in São Paulo

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Doctor Benignus and the aliens

Doctor Benignus was the first science fiction book published in Brazil

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Oriental excavations

Archeologist produced collection based on his scientific expeditions to Brazil

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