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Olival Freire, Jr. (Jequié,〔JESUS, Jorge Wilton Pereira de (''Memórias de uma esquerda em transição: Militância comunista, espaço e sociedade na Bahia (1974-1991). ) Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia. Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB, 2008, p. 181.〕 1954) is a physicist and historian of physics. He is Full Professor of Physics and History of Physics at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, former president of the ''Brazilian Society for the History of Science'' and president of the Commission for the History of Modern Physics, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science. ==Education and career== After studying electrical engineering for a year and a half at the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Subsequently, impressed by the lectures of physicist Benedito Pepe, he switched to physics.〔(Interview with the physicist Olival Freire. Jr. by Wagner Ferreia ), 13 April 2011 (downloaded 26 March 2012)〕 He wrote his masters thesis with Amelia Hambuger on interpretations of quantum physics, in particular the interpretation by Vladimir Fock, and subsequently wrote his Ph.D. thesis with Michel Paty and Shozo Montoyama on David Bohm's approach to quantum mechanics.〔Michel Paty: ''Introduction'', in: Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science: An account of recent works (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science)'', Springer, ISBN 978-9048194216, (p. 36 ff. )〕 He worked as post-doctoral researcher at the Université Paris VII, at Harvard University, and subsequently at the MIT.〔 Freire Jr. is Associate Professor and Researcher II UFBA in the History of Science. He is also president of the ''Brazilian Society for the History of Science'' and vice-president of the Commission for the History of Modern Physics, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science.〔 His current research covers especially also the history of science in Brazil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olival Freire, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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