From 1900 to 1924 Spain experienced a stage of vigorous academic
freedom and unfettered scientific inquiry that strikingly
contrasted with the repressive atmosphere of the periods before and
after. Thomas Glick explores this "recovery of science" by focusing
on the national discussion provoked by Einstein's trip to Spain in
1923. His visit stimulated a debate on the nature and social value
of science that was remarkable in a society so recently awakened to
the scientific role in the process of modernization. Einstein's
universal appeal created the unlikely occasion for a fascination
with science that cut across social classes and previously
established domains of discourse.
The political Right, which in other countries opposed relativity
in the name of "traditional" Newtonian science, backed the new
theories with surprising enthusiasm. Engineers, a politically
conservative group, contributed much of the rank-and-file support
for Einstein; physicians, who tended to the Left, also eagerly
embraced his ideas, as did a host of mutually antagonistic
political groups, including anarcho-syndicalists and bourgeois
Catalan nationalists. Professor Glick's analysis of this
multidimensional scientific forum provides an unusual amount of
information on science in Spain and an opportunity to contrast the
Spaniards' reception of Einstein's work and that of other nations
during this historical period.
Originally published in 1988.
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