  The scientific career of Uruguayan theoretical physicist Enrique Loedel
Palumbo in Argentina illustrates the intense intellectual exchange that existed
between these neighboring countries in the first third of the twentieth
century. In this paper we briefly discuss the scientific training of this
scientist in Uruguay, his subsequent incorporation to the Institute of Physics
of La Plata, in Buenos Aires, and his first steps in research under the
tutelage of German professor Richard Gans.
