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Biblographical Notes
Chapter 7
Astrophysics Versus Astronomy (1961–1972)
Stanley Payne (Franco’s Spain, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967),
ch. 5, offers insights into the lamentable state of the sciences and arts in Spain
after the Civil War. The origin of astrophysics is described by A. Pannekoek,
A History of Astronomy (New York: Dover Publications, 1961, 395–418).
Dieter B. Herrmann, The History of Astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984), ch. 2, describes the extreme
reticence of the European astronomical community in accepting the validity
of applying physical methods to the study of celestial bodies in the nineteenth
century. The creation of the University Institute of Astrophysics was announced
in BOE 3/5/75, the Ministerial Order to create the bachelor’s degree in physics
at the University of La Laguna was announced in BOE 10/3/78, and that
announcing the Programme for Studies in Astrophysics in BOE 13/3/78.
Chapter 8
Astrophysics in Spanish Universities (1970–1985)
Spanish university degree structure prior to the Royal Decree 1393/2007 of
29 October is described in the Wikipedia page https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Enseñanza_universitaria_en_España (the English version of the page offers
no information prior to 2007). The bachelor’s degree in physics at the
University of La Laguna was created by ministerial order (BOE 10/3/1978).
Full details of the structure of the degree are given BOE 6/5/1978. An overview of astrophysics and the way in which it differs from classical astronomy
is given by F. Sánchez, La Astronomía y la Astrofísica (Acento, 1994).
Chapter 9
The Reluctant Chancellor (1976–1980)
The social and political roots of Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy are described in S. Balfour’s Dictatorship, Workers and the City. Labour in
Greater Barcelona since 1939 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989). The Law for
Biblographical Notes
Chapter 7
Astrophysics Versus Astronomy (1961–1972)
Stanley Payne (Franco’s Spain, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967),
ch. 5, offers insights into the lamentable state of the sciences and arts in Spain
after the Civil War. The origin of astrophysics is described by A. Pannekoek,
A History of Astronomy (New York: Dover Publications, 1961, 395–418).
Dieter B. Herrmann, The History of Astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984), ch. 2, describes the extreme
reticence of the European astronomical community in accepting the validity
of applying physical methods to the study of celestial bodies in the nineteenth
century. The creation of the University Institute of Astrophysics was announced
in BOE 3/5/75, the Ministerial Order to create the bachelor’s degree in physics
at the University of La Laguna was announced in BOE 10/3/78, and that
announcing the Programme for Studies in Astrophysics in BOE 13/3/78.
Chapter 8
Astrophysics in Spanish Universities (1970–1985)
Spanish university degree structure prior to the Royal Decree 1393/2007 of
29 October is described in the Wikipedia page https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Enseñanza_universitaria_en_España (the English version of the page offers
no information prior to 2007). The bachelor’s degree in physics at the
University of La Laguna was created by ministerial order (BOE 10/3/1978).
Full details of the structure of the degree are given BOE 6/5/1978. An overview of astrophysics and the way in which it differs from classical astronomy
is given by F. Sánchez, La Astronomía y la Astrofísica (Acento, 1994).
Chapter 9
The Reluctant Chancellor (1976–1980)
The social and political roots of Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy are described in S. Balfour’s Dictatorship, Workers and the City. Labour in
Greater Barcelona since 1939 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989). The Law for