September 2017
On September 3th, 1979 biology was recognized as a profession in Brazil. To celebrate the date, we highlight the paper The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil (Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos vol.18 no.4 Oct./Dec. 2011).
Brazilian Paulo Vanzolini (1924 — 2013) was one of the leading herpetologists worldwide. Besides his publications as a zoologist and his activities as a former museum curator and policymaker, Vanzolini pursued a long-life career as a musician and composer.
The paper by Francisco Inácio Bastos (Icict/Fiocruz) and Magali Romero Sá (Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz) analyzes his contributions to the history of natural sciences in Brazil and the authors that influenced his work.
Read about biology and biologists in HCS-Manguinhos:
Vallejo, José Ramón and González, José Antonio. Los anfibios en la medicina popular española, la farmacopea de Plinio y el Dioscórides. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dic 2015, vol.22, no.4.
Ribeiro, Manuel Gustavo Leitão et al. On the debate about teleology in biology: the notion of “teleological obstacle”. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dec 2015, vol.22, no.4.
Salvador, Rodrigo B. and Tomotani, Barbara M. The Kraken: when myth encounters science. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Sept 2014, vol.21, no.3.
Ledesma-Mateos, Ismael. Las prácticas médicas y la biología como ciencia: paradigmas, asimilación y domesticación social en México. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2008, vol.15, no.2.
Caponi, Gustavo. Física del organismo vs hermenéutica del viviente: el alcance del programa reduccionista en la biología contemporánea. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2007, vol.14, no.2.
Burbano, Hernán A. Epigenetics and genetic determinism. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dec 2006, vol.13, no.4.
Caponi, Gustavo. Claude Bernard y los límites de la fisiología experimental. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Ago 2001, vol.8, no.2.
