Science .26 Technology in the 20th Century History of science and technology in Mexico

the engineer eduardo molina director of mexicos city aqueduct. mural diego rivera.



guillermo gonzález mexican electrical engineer inventor of color-wheel type of color television, , introduced color television mexico.

during 20th century, mexico made significant progress in science , technology. new universities , research institutes established. national autonomous university of mexico (universidad nacional autónoma de méxico, unam) officially established in 1910, , university become 1 of important institutes of higher learning in mexico. unam provides world class education in science, medicine, , engineering. many scientific institutes , new institutes of higher learning, such national polytechnic institute (founded in 1936), established during first half of 20th century. of new research institutes created within unam. twelve institutes integrated unam 1929 1973.

mexican scientists, physicians, , intellectuals involved in movement shape mexico s population through eugenics. sociedad mexicana de eugenesia founded in 1931, , concerned mental retardation, prison reform, tuberculosis, syphilis, alcoholism, sexual education, mestizaje, prostitution, puericulture, (scientific child-rearing), , single mothers. society advocated maternal assistance, eradication of juvenile delinquency, , incorporation of ideas functioning of schools, prisons, , public health administration. succeeding in having established medical clinic, hereditary health counseling center, workers. organization published journal eugenesia until 1954.

in 1930s manuel sandoval vallartaa mexican physicist worked on cosmic ray research , 1943 1946, divided time between mit , unam full-time professor.

part of brain , nervous system exhibition @ universum (unam)

on august 31, 1946, guillermo gonzález camarena sent first color transmission lab in offices of mexican league of radio experiments, @ lucerna st. #1, in mexico city. video signal transmitted @ frequency of 115 mhz. , audio in 40 meter band. gonzález camarena mexican engineer inventor of color-wheel type of color television, , introduced color television mexico.

mexico in forefront of green revolution, funded rockefeller foundation , developed norman borlaug, later won nobel prize work. aim increase productivity of mexican agriculture through development of new strains of seeds. mexico founded international maize , wheat improvement center further scientific work.

in 1950s, wild yam known barbasco discovered contain steroid hormones affect human fertility , led development of pill. mexican research company, syntex founded , began producing oral contraceptives. mexican government under president luis echeverría created state-run company, proquivemex, control , regulate industry.

rodolfo neri vela first , mexican, , second latin-american have traveled space.

in 1959, mexican academy of sciences (academia mexicana de ciencias) established non-governmental, non-profit organization of distinguished scientists. academy has grown in membership , influence, , represents strong voice of scientists different fields, in science policy.

alfa planetarium institution created alfa (mexico) in 1978 promote science , technology in latin america

by 1960, science institutionalized in mexico. viewed legitimate endeavor mexican society.

in 1961, center research , advanced studies of national polytechnic institute established center graduate studies in subjects such biology, mathematics, , physics. in 1961, institute began graduate programs in physics , mathematics , schools of science established in mexican states of puebla, san luis potosí, monterrey, veracruz, , michoacán. academy scientific research established in 1968 , national council of science , technology established in 1971.

in 1995 mario j. molina became first mexican citizen win nobel prize in science.

ricardo miledi, 1 of ten quoted neuro-biologists of time, born in mexico, d.f. in 1927. career in science began in 1955 when, before graduating in medicine @ universidad nacional autónoma de mexico (unam), joined 1 of active research groups in country, part of instituto nacional de cardiología (the national institute of cardiology).

the aem agency aims coordinate space activities performed in country, such developed around large millimeter telescope in state of puebla.

many of professor miledi´s studies , breakthroughs in neurobiology, related mechanisms of synaptic , neuromuscular transmission, considered classic throughout world. on 450 publications tangible product of forty years of research devoted in main primary functions of nervous system: transmission of information between cells. has been member of royal society of london since 1980, , entered american academy of arts , sciences in 1986. in 1999 miledi awarded prince of asturias award technical , scientific research. has been professor of biophysics @ university of london , distinguished professor of university of california since 1984. leads neurobiology laboratory in unam in querétaro, méxico.

in 1985 rodolfo neri vela became first mexican citizen enter space part of sts-61-b mission.

in 1995 mexican chemist mario j. molina shared nobel prize in chemistry paul j. crutzen, , f. sherwood rowland work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning formation , decomposition of ozone. molina, alumnus of unam, became first mexican citizen win nobel prize in science.

the large millimeter telescope inaugurated on 22 november 2006. world s largest , sensitive single-aperture telescope in frequency range, built observing radio waves in wavelengths approximately 0.85 4 mm. located on top of sierra negra. binational mexican (70%) - american (30%) joint project.

in 1962, national commission of outer space (comisión nacional del espacio exterior, conne) established, dismantled in 1977. on july 30, 2010 law create agencia espacial mexicana (aem) published. in process of defining national space policy , program of activities.

robotics new area under development in mexico, mexone robot 1 of advanced robot designs in world.