The expansion of modern science through the Catalog of Scientific Papers, XIX century: the Latin American presence

Gutiérrez-Maya, Jazmín Ivonne; Collazo-Reyes, Francisco; Ortega, Rodrigo Vega y

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“…Whether due to a lack of information, financial restrictions, or a mere preference for tradition over technological innovations, the results seem to indicate that they were not being utilized. Therefore, it is not surprising that in their pursuit of technological modernization, the individuals involved in science popularization could have committed mistakes, especially considering the low volume of local scientific production and, in corollary, their reliance on European and American scientific production (Gutiérrez-Maya et al 2021 ).…”

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A Tale of Enduring Myths: Buffon’s Theory of Animal Degeneration and the Regeneration of Domesticated Animals in Mid-19th Century Brazil

Penteado

2023

J Hist Biol

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The long 19th century was a period of many developments and technical innovations in agriculture and animal biology, during which actors sought to incorporate new practices in light of new information. By the middle of the century, however, while heredity steadily became the dominant concept in animal husbandry, some policies related to livestock improvement in Brazil seemed to have been tailored following a climate-deterministic concept established in the mid-18th century by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, the Comte de Buffon. His theory of animal degeneration posited, among other things, the necessity of recurrent crossbreeding to preserve animal species living in nonnative environments from climate-induced degeneration. Although largely discredited by the early 19th century, the teachings of the French naturalist seem to have found supporters in a Brazilian program to modernize national agriculture through the application of the natural sciences. Herein I examine the revival of Buffon’s theories in that government-sponsored program to improve animal husbandry and breeding techniques, including actual applications of this theory in the real world. Ultimately, I argue that Buffon’s theory of degeneration was used to tailor public policies and funding for the improvement of domesticated animals in Brazil between 1856 and 1860.

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A Tale of Enduring Myths: Buffon’s Theory of Animal Degeneration and the Regeneration of Domesticated Animals in Mid-19th Century Brazil

Penteado

2023

J Hist Biol

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A bibliometric analysis to reveal the drivers of university reputation

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Martínez²,

Toledo³

2023

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

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Scientific Publishing: Agents, Genres, Technique and the Making of Knowledge

Simon

2022

Histories

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The history of scientific publishing has been one of the most topical research subjects in the history of science during the last few decades. It has furthered scholarly communication with other disciplines, such as book history, the history of education and communication studies. It has contributed to the development of new conceptual and methodological tools for the study of the material culture of print, the replication of scientific knowledge in various media and the social appropriation of knowledge through reading. This field of research offers exemplary results on sources such as journals, encyclopedias and textbooks, and on configurations such as disciplines, specialization and the practices associated with our contemporary knowledge system and communication environment, which cut across academic departments.

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The expansion of modern science through the Catalog of Scientific Papers, XIX century: the Latin American presence

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

A Tale of Enduring Myths: Buffon’s Theory of Animal Degeneration and the Regeneration of Domesticated Animals in Mid-19th Century Brazil

A Tale of Enduring Myths: Buffon’s Theory of Animal Degeneration and the Regeneration of Domesticated Animals in Mid-19th Century Brazil

A bibliometric analysis to reveal the drivers of university reputation

Scientific Publishing: Agents, Genres, Technique and the Making of Knowledge

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