Olival Freire Jr. (Jequié,[1] 1954) is a physicist and historian of physics. He is Full Professor of Physics and History of Physics at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, former president of the Brazilian Society for the History of Science and president of the Commission for the History of Modern Physics, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science.
- ^ JESUS, Jorge Wilton Pereira de Memórias de uma esquerda em transição: Militância comunista, espaço e sociedade na Bahia (1974-1991). Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia. Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB, 2008, p. 181.