Physics in Central America

THE IMPACT of world scientific progress has been keenly felt throughout Central America. (For our purposes Central America includes Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.) The people of Central America are not only cognizant of this progress, but are very interested in its effect upon their culture, national and international politics, economy and future. One needs only to assess the space devoted to reporting of significant scientific achievements by the various news media of the region, or to converse with its people, to conclude that interest in science is definitely rising.