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viraben, « Amateurs Under the Scrutiny of Magazines. Satirical Media and Astronomy in Chile (Early 20th Century) – Verónica Ramírez Errázuriz », Amateurs – Amateurs en sciences (1850-1950), ID : 10.58079/b493
À la suite de notre session « Visual Culture of Amateurs in Science (1850–1950) », durant le neuvième congrès de l’ESHS, Verónica Ramírez Errázuriz nous propose ici un résumé de son intervention. When Pedro Montt became president of Chile in 1906, he set out to save the Observatory by channelling significant public funding to hire a new director and expand its facilities throughout the country. With the government spending more money on astronomy, the press and, consequently, public opinio...