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Albert Vinicio Báez 
Albert Vinicio Báez
California, United States
Albert Vinicio Báez (1912-2007) was a Mexican-American physicist and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes, X-ray optics, and later X-ray telescopes. Wikipedia
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Baez was an advocate for science education and served as the first director of the science education program for UNESCO, working to improve science education in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has published several science textbooks. As a lifelong pacifist, he opposed the Vietnam War and joined in protests against it. Albert Baez was an aficionado of the arts, and encouraged his children to pursue careers in music. https://www.craftonhills.edu/features/hispanic-heritage-month-2014/hispanic-heritage-profiles/albert-baez.php
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California, United States
Albert Vinicio Báez (1912-2007) was a Mexican-American physicist and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes, X-ray optics, and later X-ray telescopes. Wikipedia
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Baez was an advocate for science education and served as the first director of the science education program for UNESCO, working to improve science education in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has published several science textbooks. As a lifelong pacifist, he opposed the Vietnam War and joined in protests against it. Albert Baez was an aficionado of the arts, and encouraged his children to pursue careers in music. https://www.craftonhills.edu/features/hispanic-heritage-month-2014/hispanic-heritage-profiles/albert-baez.php
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[P7.2025.02] 12/01/2025
“Science is one of the things needed in these countries if you're going to have a base for a future economy. Otherwise they'll always be the servants of the United States,” Baez wrote in an essay in the 1990 book “Mexican Voices/American Dreams.”
[P7.2025.02] 12/01/2025
“Science is one of the things needed in these countries if you're going to have a base for a future economy. Otherwise they'll always be the servants of the United States,” Baez wrote in an essay in the 1990 book “Mexican Voices/American Dreams.”