in the history of world pedagogy Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810–1884), political theorist Andrés Bello (1781–1865), humanist, philosopher, educator and philologist Leonardo Boff (born 1938), early Liberation theologians Mario Bunge (1919–2020), philosopher Miguel Antonio Caro (1843–1909), humanist, linguist and politician Rufino José Cuervo (1844–1911), philologist and linguist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1802–1982),writer, journalist and sociologist,His greatest achievement was Raízes do Brasil,a landmark of Brazilian sociology,in which he developed the groundbreaking concept of the "cordial man" Manuel DeLanda (born 1952), philosopher, professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger (1947),philosopher José Ingenieros (1877–1925), philosopher and sociologist Enrique Krauze (born 1947), historian, political and social essayist Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), proponent of embodied philosophy Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla (1925–2015), humanist, philosopher and educator Gilberto de Mello Freyre (1900-1987),socielogist,He is considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century Edmundo O'Gorman (1906–1995), philosopher Francisco Varela (1946–2001), proponent of embodied philosophy José Vasconcelos (1882–1959), thinker, educator and essayist Antonio Candido (1918–2017),write,sociologist Science and technology Luís Cruls(1848–1908),astronomer and geodesist Miguel Nicolelis(1961),pioneering work surrounding brain-computer interface Manuel de Abreu (1894–1962), physician, scientist, inventor of abreugraphy Nélio José Nicolai (1940–2017),electrotechnician,the inventor caller ID David Joseph Bohm (1917–1992),scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory,neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory, now known as De Broglie–Bohm theory. Francisco Rubio (astronaut) (born 1975), NASA astronaut Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998),painter and photographer,was known for his trailblazing work in experimental abstract photography and modernism Joseph M. Acaba (born 1967), NASA astronaut Ana Bedran-Russo,Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Chair of the Department of General Dental Sciences in Restorative Dentistry at Marquette University School of Dentistry Luis Agote (1868–1954), physician and researcher Vital Brazil (1865–1950)was a physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist,discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals Ricardo Alegría (1921–2011), physical anthropologist Leopoldo Penna Franca (1959-2012),mathematician, Received in 1999 the Gallagher Young Investigator Award for "outstanding accomplishments in computational mechanics, particularly in the published literature, by a researcher 40 years old or younger".He was listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company. José Antonio Balseiro (1919–1962), nuclear physicist Andreas Pavel,is a cultural producer and media designer who is generally credited with patenting the personal stereo Gregorio Baro (1928–2012), radiochemist Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), immunologist, Nobel