Biography:

Dr Pruna holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in biology and is currently Senior Researcher at the National Museum of History of Science in Havana, Cuba. He is also a full professor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Havana University and, since 1995, a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. in Washington D.C., U.S.A. His first articles on Darwinism (which include a commented version of The Orgien of Species) were published in the 1960s. In 1982, he organized the commemoration of the centennial of Darwins death (the proceedings of this meeting were published in a volume, under the title Por Darwin, in 1985). He edited the first full translation into Spanish of Charles Darwins Autobiography, published in Cuba in 1986 and in Spain in 1987. He has published several articles and a book (1989) on the reception of Darwinism in Cuba. An article of his on Darwinism in Cuba, was included in the Dictionnaire du Darwinisme et de lEvolution, published in France, in 1996. He has lectured on Darwinism and other matters related to the history of science in academic institutions of Latin America, the United States and Europe. He is member of the International Society of History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology, of the Iberoamerican network on the reception of Darwinism, of the History of Science Society (U.S.A.) and of the editorial councils of the journals Asclepio (Spain) and History of Medicine Bulletin (Mexico).

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