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The XIV International Geological Congress of 1926 in Spain

Abstract:

The XIV International Geological Congress has been the only one organised in Spain. Its main characteristics, at a thematic and organizative level, are showed. The number of attendants, languages, represented countries, papers, authors and scientific productivity are analysed in a quantitative way. The analysis shows the meaning of the Congress in the history of them, the predominance of frenchs and germans and the individual work, the true mening of the Congress in the scientific production, very limited. The meaning in the history of geology is also analysed, linked to the "standard" science in a khunian sense, but not to the main topics in discusion. Also, the significant sociological role is analysed. Also, the role in the Spain's history of geology, more important, is analysed.