Fifteen Spanish scientists last month published an open letter to their government. They claimed that research would be brought to a halt in 1980 if the government did not act quickly to provide funds. The letter, which appears below, was communicated to us by a Barcelona scientist, Dr Juan Subirana, whose further comments appear this week in correspondence (p 424). The scientists' difficulties appear against an annual inflation rate of 25%, an extensive attempt to curb government expenditure, and a near-complete lack of scientific representation in parliament
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Spanish scientists protest over looming cash crisis. Nature 281, 417 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/281417a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/281417a0