Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra (1884–1981) also known as Racso, was a prominent

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vian scientific journalist. He was born in

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on July 30, 1884 and died in 1981. He was the son of José Antonio Miró Quesada and Matilde de la Guerra Gorostidi.

Biography

He completed his studies at the

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, which were oriented towards the humanities and social disciplines. He was a member of several academies in

. From the age of fifteen he began to write popular science articles in the "El comercio" newspaper in Lima – displaying a deep and varied culture – which were disseminated first in the Peruvian sphere and then in the American South and finally in Europe, his works dealt with – among others – psychoanalyst concepts, integral psychology, modern philosophy and relativity. A friend sent his articles to Albert Einstein, his response was a concise letter where he expressed his surprise at the work accomplished. So remarkable was Racso's work that Albert Einstein, said in a letter dated November 21, 1939:

I've been really surprised that a newspaper offers its readers a very thorough and accurate exposition on a scientific subject. The articles I find, indeed reproduce well the essential content of the thought of the written book ... for me, as much as I can judge from my incomplete knowledge of Spanish. This is an interesting sign of the trends and scientific interests that are starting to migrate to the New World."La Relatividad y los Quanta" (1940). Editorial Zig-Zag (Chile)

A comment that equally honors, not just Racso, but his many

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an and other readers scattered throughout the world. He died in

in 1981.

Literary work

Racso produced multiple works, the most prominent of which was ''La relatividad y los quanta'' (1940)(Relativity and quanta) published by Editorial Zig-Zag (

). Through this work he put the relativity theory within reach of the lay reader, which before 1940, was only found in

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and

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an libraries. In his book, he not only translated Einstein's work ''The Evolution of Physics'' into Spanish, but it was the first translation into that language. In this work he discussed and analyzed the theory in depth, to a point that is still powerful, and today it remains a valuable historical reference text. This work is a compilation of 22 articles published in the cultural supplement of the Sunday editions of the ''El Comercio'' newspaper in

Bibliography

*Problemas Éticos-sociológicos del Perú'' (1907) – Ethical – sociological Problems of Peru. *''Formación del Profesorado Secundario'' (1908) – Secondary Teacher Education. *''El arte y la cultura General'' (1911) – General Art and culture. *''Algo sobre el Divorcio'' (1911) – Something about Divorce. *''Con Motivo del Tricentenario de Cervantes'' (1916) – On the occasion of the Tercentenary of Cervantes. *''La Salud del Cuerpo Humano'' (1916) – The Health of the Human Body. *''El caso del Asesino Montes'' (1916) – The case of Montes Murderer. *''Las Enfermedades Evitables'' (1917) – Preventable Diseases. *''Elementos de Geografía Científica del Perú'' (1919) – Elements of the Scientific Geography of Peru. *''Conferencia de Sociología'' (1920) – Sociology Conference. *''La realidad del Ideal'' (1922) – The reality of the Ideal. *''Mesología Criminal Peruana'' (1922) – Peruvian Criminal Mesology. *''Versos'' (1923) – Verses. *''Tres conferencias'' (1923) – Three conferences. *''Enseñanza de la Nueva Geografía'' (1923) – Teaching of the New Geography. *''Psicología Integral'' (1925) – Integral Psychology. *''La Moneda y el Cambio'' (1923) – Money and Change. *''Lo que es la Filosofía'' (1934) – What Philosophy is. *''Por los Campos de la Gramática'' (1936) – On the Fields of Grammar. *''Psicoanálisis y Perfeccionamiento Individual'' (1937) – Psychoanalysis and Individual Perfection. *''La relatividad y los quanta'' (1940) – Relativity and quantum. *''Dualidad en Cervantes y en el "Quijote"'' (1953) – Duality in Cervantes and "Don Quixote". *''Oscar Miró Quesada de la guerra'': Rasco, periodista (1985) – Oscar Miró Quesada de la guerra': Rasco, journalist.

References

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