THE RISE OF MODERN PHYSICS

By MATTHEW LEWIS

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME 2 THE CUBAN “EXCEPTION”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED SCIENTI? C SYSTEM IN AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY 3 CUBA: A SHORT CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE PART I HISTORICAL SURVEYS 4 THE TEACHING OF PHYSICS IN CUBA FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO 1959 5 MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS IN CUBA BEFORE 1959: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION 6 A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS IN CUBA FROM 1959 7 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CUBAN PHYSICS (UP TO 1995) 8 PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ORIENTE THE TRAINING OF PHYSICS TEACHERS IN CUBA: A HISTORICAL APPROACH 10 CAN UNIVERSITIES DEVELOP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS? PART II RE? ECTIONS FROM THE INSIDE 11 THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS IN CUBA: AN INTERVIEW WITH HUGO PÉREZ ROJAS IN MAY 2009 12 AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR MELQUÍADES DE DIOS LEYVA, DECEMBER 2008 13 EXPERIMENTAL SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS: THE WILL TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 14 CUBAN TECHNO-PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE 15 SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN CUBA: REACHING THE FRONTLINE 16 THE PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN CUBA 17 MAGNETIC RESONANCE PROJECT 35-26-7: A CUBAN CASE OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS 18 NANOTECHNOLOGIES IN CUBA: POPULARIZATION AND TRAINING 19 PHYSICS STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA 20 PHYSICS AND WOMEN: A CHALLENGE BEING SUCCESSFULLY MET IN CUBA PART III RE? ECTIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE 21 THE BEGINNING OF SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH IN CUBA 22 ANDREA LEVIALDI IN MEMORIAM 23 THE ANDREA LEVIALDI FELLOWSHIP 24 A WITNESS TO FRENCH-CUBAN COOPERATION IN PHYSICS IN THE 1970S 25 MY COLLABORATION WITH CUBAN PHYSICISTS 26 SCIENTI? C COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GERMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN BERLIN (DAW) AND CUBA IN THE 1960S AND 1970S 27 A BEAUTIFUL STORY 28 THE CURRENT STATE OF PHYSICS IN CUBA: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE 29 ENGAGING CUBAN PHYSICISTS THROUGH THE APS/CPS PARTNERSHIP 30 A PERSPECTIVE ON PHYSICS IN CUBA 31 CUBAN/US RESEARCH INTERACTIONS SINCE 1995 32 VIVA LA CIENCIA: CUBA’S CREATIVE SCIENTISTS AIM TO MAKE KNOWLEDGE THEIR COUNTRY’S SUGAR SUBSTITUTE PART IV SCIENTI? C COMMUNICATION AND ITS CONDITIONS 33 PHYSICS IN CUBA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BIBLIOMETRICS 34 CONTEMPORARY CUBAN PHYSICS THROUGH SCIENTI? C PUBLICATIONS: AN INSIDER’S VIEW