Argentina's pivotal moment

摘要

Martin Giurfa struggled to survive as a scientist in 1980s Argentina. Under the country's military dictatorship, undergraduate biology training consisted of only botany and zoology. Evolution and neuroscience weren't in the curriculum. Political conditions made day-to-day living hard, let alone attempts at focusing on studying science. "That was a real nightmare in terms of persecution, terror and lack of intelligence," Giurfa says.