TY - JOUR TI - Science in Hispania: Spain and Portugal on the main route again AU - Aréchaga, Juan T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - If we identify Science and Scientific Research with what has been called Modern Western European Science, it is evident that the Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula were not involved significantly in its inception and spread (Basalla, 1967). This might appear to be paradoxical, since the huge Hispanic Empire (which included Portugal and its ultramarine possessions from 1580 to 1668), although already declining during the second half of the XVII Century, was still at the time the major power in the world. But, there were several reasons for this decline, many of them being causes which had been operating for centuries before they became visible... PY - 2009 DO - 10.1387/ijdb.093019ja VL - 53 IS - 8-9-10 SP - 1119 EP - 1122 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/093019ja Y2 - 2024/05/05/23:02:23 ER -