Néstor Herran
Biographic Data
| ID | 695996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Néstor Herran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Néstor |
| FAMILY NAME | Herran |
| SIGNATURE | HERRAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5517-7538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Les réseaux d’observation et de surveillance de l’environnement, chantier pour les sciences humaines et sociales
Une journée d’études a eu lieu à Paris en juin 2022 pour analyser les enjeux, les dynamiques et les tensions à l’œuvre dans la genèse, le déploiement et le fonctionnement des réseaux de surveillance de l’environnement. Cette rencontre interdisciplinaire, qui a réuni des chercheurs en sciences naturelles et en sciences humaines et sociales, a permis d’explorer plusieurs questions, en structurant les échanges autour de quatre volets : la caractéris…
The “Bounties of Our New Servant”: Isotopes, Industry, and Economy before and after Atoms for Peace
Produced and distributed at subsidized prices by national nuclear establishments, radioisotopes provided the earliest non-military application of nuclear energy. Starting in the late 1940s, thanks to their multiple uses in medicine and research, they were ubiquitous in conceptions for peaceful nuclear programs. In the 1950s, Atoms for Peace initiatives encouraged nuclear establishments to develop industrial applications of radioisotopes, stressin…
Introduction: Have we ever been ‘transnational’? Towards a history of science across and beyond borders
In recent years, historians have debated the prospect of offering new ‘transnational’ or ‘global’ perspectives in their studies. This paper introduces the reader to this special issue by analysing characteristics, merits and flaws of these approaches. It then considers how historians of science have practised transnational history without, however, paying sufficient attention to the theoretical foundations of this approach. Its final part illustr…
An Autarkic Science: Physics, Culture, and Power in Franco's Spain
We discuss the rise of modern physics in Spain during Francoism (1939-1975) within the context of culture, power, and the ongoing historical assessment of science during the dictatorship. Contrary to the idea that Francoist policy was indifferent if not hostile to modern science, and that ideology did not go deeper than the rhetorical surface, we discuss the ways in which the physical sciences took advantage of, and in turn were used by, the regi…
Isotope networks: Training, sales and publications, 1946-1965
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of the spread of isotope-related \ntechniques in Western Europe and the USA in the two first decades after World War II, by focusing \non structural features. In particular, I analyse three major components of the European \n«isotope industry»: radioisotope distribution networks, the establishment of training sites and \npublications in which isotopes played some role as the object of study or res…
Tracers of modern technoscience
Together with genes, drugs or standardized laboratory mice, isotopes might \nwell be considered amongst the scientific objects that shaped science, \ntechnology, and medicine in the 20th century 1. Isotopes are forms of the \nsame element that differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei. Chemically \nidentical yet physically distinct, ever since the end of World War \nII they have been widely applied to scientific research, medical diagnosis…
Spreading nucleonics: The Isotope School at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 1951–67
The Isotope School was established in 1951 by the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell following the model of the American Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Until its dissolution in 1967, it played an important role in the expansion of radioisotope techniques in Britain and Western Europe. This paper traces the origin and activities of the Isotope School, and describes the content of its courses and the composition…
Introduction: Have we ever been ‘transnational’? Towards a history of science across and beyond borders
In recent years, historians have debated the prospect of offering new ‘transnational’ or ‘global’ perspectives in their studies. This paper introduces the reader to this special issue by analysing characteristics, merits and flaws of these approaches. It then considers how historians of science have practised transnational history without, however, paying sufficient attention to the theoretical foundations of this approach. Its final part illustr…
An Autarkic Science: Physics, Culture, and Power in Franco's Spain
We discuss the rise of modern physics in Spain during Francoism (1939-1975) within the context of culture, power, and the ongoing historical assessment of science during the dictatorship. Contrary to the idea that Francoist policy was indifferent if not hostile to modern science, and that ideology did not go deeper than the rhetorical surface, we discuss the ways in which the physical sciences took advantage of, and in turn were used by, the regi…
Spreading nucleonics: The Isotope School at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 1951–67
The Isotope School was established in 1951 by the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell following the model of the American Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Until its dissolution in 1967, it played an important role in the expansion of radioisotope techniques in Britain and Western Europe. This paper traces the origin and activities of the Isotope School, and describes the content of its courses and the composition…
Isotope networks: Training, sales and publications, 1946-1965
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of the spread of isotope-related \ntechniques in Western Europe and the USA in the two first decades after World War II, by focusing \non structural features. In particular, I analyse three major components of the European \n«isotope industry»: radioisotope distribution networks, the establishment of training sites and \npublications in which isotopes played some role as the object of study or res…
Tracers of modern technoscience
Together with genes, drugs or standardized laboratory mice, isotopes might \nwell be considered amongst the scientific objects that shaped science, \ntechnology, and medicine in the 20th century 1. Isotopes are forms of the \nsame element that differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei. Chemically \nidentical yet physically distinct, ever since the end of World War \nII they have been widely applied to scientific research, medical diagnosis…
Spreading nucleonics: The Isotope School at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 1951–67
The Isotope School was established in 1951 by the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell following the model of the American Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Until its dissolution in 1967, it played an important role in the expansion of radioisotope techniques in Britain and Western Europe. This paper traces the origin and activities of the Isotope School, and describes the content of its courses and the composition…
Isotope networks: Training, sales and publications, 1946-1965
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of the spread of isotope-related \ntechniques in Western Europe and the USA in the two first decades after World War II, by focusing \non structural features. In particular, I analyse three major components of the European \n«isotope industry»: radioisotope distribution networks, the establishment of training sites and \npublications in which isotopes played some role as the object of study or res…
Tracers of modern technoscience
Together with genes, drugs or standardized laboratory mice, isotopes might \nwell be considered amongst the scientific objects that shaped science, \ntechnology, and medicine in the 20th century 1. Isotopes are forms of the \nsame element that differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei. Chemically \nidentical yet physically distinct, ever since the end of World War \nII they have been widely applied to scientific research, medical diagnosis…
Introduction: Have we ever been ‘transnational’? Towards a history of science across and beyond borders
In recent years, historians have debated the prospect of offering new ‘transnational’ or ‘global’ perspectives in their studies. This paper introduces the reader to this special issue by analysing characteristics, merits and flaws of these approaches. It then considers how historians of science have practised transnational history without, however, paying sufficient attention to the theoretical foundations of this approach. Its final part illustr…
An Autarkic Science: Physics, Culture, and Power in Franco's Spain
We discuss the rise of modern physics in Spain during Francoism (1939-1975) within the context of culture, power, and the ongoing historical assessment of science during the dictatorship. Contrary to the idea that Francoist policy was indifferent if not hostile to modern science, and that ideology did not go deeper than the rhetorical surface, we discuss the ways in which the physical sciences took advantage of, and in turn were used by, the regi…
The “Bounties of Our New Servant”: Isotopes, Industry, and Economy before and after Atoms for Peace
Produced and distributed at subsidized prices by national nuclear establishments, radioisotopes provided the earliest non-military application of nuclear energy. Starting in the late 1940s, thanks to their multiple uses in medicine and research, they were ubiquitous in conceptions for peaceful nuclear programs. In the 1950s, Atoms for Peace initiatives encouraged nuclear establishments to develop industrial applications of radioisotopes, stressin…
Les réseaux d’observation et de surveillance de l’environnement, chantier pour les sciences humaines et sociales
Une journée d’études a eu lieu à Paris en juin 2022 pour analyser les enjeux, les dynamiques et les tensions à l’œuvre dans la genèse, le déploiement et le fonctionnement des réseaux de surveillance de l’environnement. Cette rencontre interdisciplinaire, qui a réuni des chercheurs en sciences naturelles et en sciences humaines et sociales, a permis d’explorer plusieurs questions, en structurant les échanges autour de quatre volets : la caractéris…
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