<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article focuses on scientist-diplomats that are the scientists who serve as national representatives and consultants for discussions on scientific and technical issues in international organizations. We examine two exemplary cases of Mexican scientist-diplomats: Francisco de Paula Miranda and Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, experts in nutrition and atomic energy, respectively. We discuss especially how they became involved as experts in the international arena, and we analyse the feedback process of construction of their scientific and diplomatic authority. Furthermore, we consider the interaction of interests (disciplinary, professional, local, and global) that they represented and negotiated.</p></abstract>

This article focuses on scientist-diplomats that are the scientists who serve as national representatives and consultants for discussions on scientific and technical issues in international organizations. We examine two exemplary cases of Mexican scientist-diplomats: Francisco de Paula Miranda and Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, experts in nutrition and atomic energy, respectively. We discuss especially how they became involved as experts in the international arena, and we analyse the feedback process of construction of their scientific and diplomatic authority. Furthermore, we consider the interaction of interests (disciplinary, professional, local, and global) that they represented and negotiated.

Mexican Scientists in the Making of Nutritional and Nuclear Diplomacy in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

HoST - Journal  of History of Science and Technology

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This article focuses on scientist-diplomats that are the scientists who serve as national representatives and consultants for discussions on scientific and...

Mexican Scientists in the Making of Nutritional and Nuclear Diplomacy in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Published Online: Sep 01, 2017

Page range: 34 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/host-2017-0003

Keywords
Experts, nutrition, nuclear diplomacy, scientist-diplomats, Mexico, Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, Francisco de Paula Miranda

© 2017 Adriana Minor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mexican Scientists in the Making of Nutritional and Nuclear Diplomacy in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Published Online: Sep 01, 2017

Page range: 34 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/host-2017-0003

KeywordsExperts, nutrition, nuclear diplomacy, scientist-diplomats, Mexico, Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, Francisco de Paula Miranda

© 2017 Adriana Minor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Experts, nutrition, nuclear diplomacy, scientist-diplomats, Mexico, Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, Francisco de Paula Miranda