In 1966 the Brazilian physicist Klaus Tausk (b. 1927) circulated a preprint from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, criticizing Adriana Daneri,Angelo Loinger, and Giovanni Maria Prosperi's theory of 1962 on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.A heated controversy ensued between two opposing camps within the orthodox interpretation of quantum theory, represented by Léon Rosenfeld and Eugene P. Wigner. The controversy went well beyond the strictly scientific issues, however, reflecting philosophical and political commitments within the context of the Cold War, the relationship between science in developed and Third World countries, the importance of social skills, and personal idiosyncrasies.
En este artículo exploramos algunos temas que consideramos de potencial interés para investigar los problemas de la cooperación tecnocientífica entre el Norte y el Sur desde la perspectiva de los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnología. Para ello presentamos un somero repaso del estado del arte en los temas que discutimos, a saber: ciencia, tecnología y teorías del desarrollo; las Revoluciones Verdes y tecnociencia y Guerra Fría en el Sur. Nuestro argumento central es que la comprensión de la dinámica de los intercambios tecnocientíficos entre el Tercer Mundo y los países industrializados es esencial para continuar desarrollando los estudios sociales de la ciencia y entender el papel de la tecnociencia no solo en el Sur sino también en el Norte.
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