The Spanish intellectuals of the Enlightment contributed, with their studies on botany and astronomy -the fruit of their scientific expeditions to the New World- to the development of the so-called Practical Sciencies in Spain.

However, despite these efforts, Spain played an inconsequential role in the birth of modern science which took place during the 17th and 18th centuries. When, in the 19th century, this concept had become consolidated in the most advanced European nations of the times, our country found itself sorely lagging behind. Nevertheless, during this period there were a number of prominent persons of great scientific talent and, in spite of the chaotic economic situation, the Junta de Ampliacion de Estudios e Investigaciones Cientificas was founded around the turn of the century, a milestone which -regardless of the vicissitudes of Spain's modern history- benefited the inception of scientific investigation in Spain.

This chapter in divided into 4 different topics:

1. THE SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL SYSTEM.
2. THE INCREASE IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
3. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
4. INTEGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES AND PLANS.

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