Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 21 No. 2, 2006.
Review article
The Reception of Relativity in Mexico
Maria de la Paz Ramos Lara
Abstract
When Albert Einstein published his first works on the Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, Mexico did not yet have scientific institutions dedicated to physics research, nor did it have schools for educating physicists. Consequently, the spread of both General Relativity and
Special Relativity began in 1921 as a result of the work and talent of various Mexican physics and mathematics professors (most of them engineers) who taught courses at the Escuela Nacional de Ingenieros (National School of Engineering) and the Escuela Nacional de Altos Estudios (School of Higher Studies), both part of the Universidad Nacional de México (National University of Mexico) as founded in 1910.
Keywords
Special Theory of Relativity; reception; Mexico
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12423
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Publication date:
29.12.2006.
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