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Physics in Central America

JAN 01, 1967

The physics community of Central America is largely concentrated in the universities of the five countries where main efforts are on development of training programs for secondary teachers and the teaching of physics to the citizens. Heavy research efforts await the growth of more numerous faculties and a larger physics public in the region.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034138

John H. Wray

THE IMPACT of world scientific progress has been keenly felt throughout Central America. (For our purposes Central America includes Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.) The people of Central America are not only cognizant of this progress, but are very interested in its effect upon their culture, national and international politics, economy and future. One needs only to assess the space devoted to reporting of significant scientific achievements by the various news media of the region, or to converse with its people, to conclude that interest in science is definitely rising.

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John H. Wray. Space Science Laboratory, General Dynamics.

© 1967 American Institute of Physics

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