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Physics in South America

DEC 01, 1956
a brief account based on observations during a recent Latin American tour made by the author, who is professor of physics at New York University’s College of Engineering
S. A. Korff

South America is a continent in which there are ten independent countries with full national sovereignty, and three small colonies of European powers. The independent countries range in size from tiny Uruguay, smaller than the state of Minnesota, to its huge neighbor Brazil, which is larger than the United States. As one might expect, there is a wide variation in the number and quality of the educational institutions dispensing instruction and engaging in research in physics. As there are no universities teaching physics in the three Guianas, we shall omit these colonies from the account that follows.

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References

  1. 1. T. Bowen, Physics Today, 9, 7, July1956.https://doi.org/PHTOAD

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S. A. Korff, College of Engineering, New York University.

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