Science in the Americas Cooperation of the Scientists and Engineers of the Americas in Furthering Scientific Training and Research (1960) / Chapter Skim
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tuals -- to places better disposed to grant value to the true tasks of teaching and research. Another consequence of the lack of freedom and amplitude in the training of scientists is the slow, twisted, prospecting for natural resources in different Latin American countries with the subsequent corollary of not knowing exactly where to apply the working forces and economic resources at their disposal nor how to do it.
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stimulating the minds to penetrate the secrets of nature and society. The dominant thought with respect to the value of premature utility chokes the concept of an authentic, ample, and creative utilization.
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To found and keep institutes like these, the backers have to insist that the benefits are immediate for the solution of this or that urgent problem, which just at the moment interests either government or public opinion. The sad truth is that the applications of science have more in- terest than science itself.
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fruitful process by which science and technology go hand in hand toward progress does not often take place. University libraries are frequently old-fashioned ; they are used more to store books than to lend them and stimulate reading.
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United States of America, but it is not totally acknowledged yet in Latin America. Latin Americans have taken over industry, agriculture, and techniques which were already developed ; they accepted American or European realities.
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Cooperation in the Training of Scientists and Engineers ]
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Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Recife; and other exciting educa- tional experiments are in progress elsewhere. These are all visible testimony to the rapidly growing interest in Latin America in the advancement of education in general and of science and technology in particular.
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protected but should never be misused or abused. Thus academic freedom implies intellectual discipline and the determination to represent the highest values in social organization.
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geographic and linguistic reasons, the largest number of United States students go to Mexico, but more are finding their way farther South. Increasing numbers of educational]
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The Science Program of the Pan American Union .
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and concern and thus found international association advanta- geous. The discovery led to the creation of the Pan American Union which, although originally established to facilitate com- mercial interchange and communication, now has several spe- cialized agencies active in areas of basic science and technology.
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Academy of Sciences of the United States was happy to have the opportunity of collaborating with OAS in the preparations for the meeting. THE OAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT Under the joint sponsorship of the Organization of American States and the National Academy of Sciences -- National Research Council of the United States, the Advisory Committee on Science Development of OAS held its first meeting, June 17-20, at the Academy -- Research Council building at Washington, D.C.
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the principal topics which will be presented for your consideration and other authorities to help develop the treatment of those topics. It is therefore a source of great satisfaction to us to have as our principal speaker today Dr.
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roundtable discussions with university professors as the principal participants, and special symposia on selected topics to which international experts would be invited. The importance of strengthening existing institutions was re- peatedly emphasized.
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funds until July 1, 1959, a professional staff of three carried out the activities of the Division. As of September 1, 1959, the staff had increased to eight specialists for the natural sciences, one of whom was on loan from the Division of Economic Research.
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existing bodies of these kinds so that their programs can be strengthened. During 1959 three advisory science missions were approved under the Program of Direct Technical Assistance of OAS.
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scientists of the various countries and institutions and organiza- tions of similar interests. The Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission (IANEC)
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tutions. In conjunction with the publication of this bulletin, the Science News Release Service will be resumed.
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Problems in the Training of Scientists in Latin America Gabriel Velazquez-Palau' Dr. Gémez Millas in his excellent paper made a very good analysis of the historical development and background of higher education in Latin America.
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(2) What place do scientists occupy in our society?
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whose zeal and dedicated and honest purposefulness prevent him from accepting ideas just because they are currently fashionable. He is devoted to the search for truth and not popular approval." Unfortunately we still lack a clear knowledge of what a scien- tist is and what is his mission.
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