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Academic bulletin 07/2001
RESUME
Václav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, visited the Astronomical Institute of the ASCR in Ondřejov.
Editorial
Professor Štefan Luby, the president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, celebrates his 60th birthday.
Research and Development Council of the Government of the Czech Republic
Report from the 148th and 149th sessions of the Czech Government's Research and Development Council
News from the Academic Council - the 3rd and the 4th Sessions
Portraits from the Archives
Václav Chaloupecký - 50th Anniversary of his Death
Václav Chaloupecký, Czech historian and archivist, was born in 1882. He graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University; where his major study was historiography. Most of his life he spent in Slovakia and devoted his scientific erudition to research in Slovak archives. Within time he became an authority in Czech-Slovak political relations. In 1938 was elected a regular member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Art.
Antonín Bečvář - the Astronomer Who Loved Clouds
Antonín Bečvář, world famous astronomer, studied climate and astronomy at Charles University. In 1927 he built a little observatory in his family garden and started observations of the night sky. In 1930 he moved to Slovakia to continue his work in High Tatras. His observatory at Skalnaté pleso, founded in 1941, was one of the highest in Europe. Here Bečvář wrote his famous works - atlases of the stars (Atlas of the Heavens, later completed with his trilogy: Eclipticalis, Borealis, Australis) and Atlas of Mountain Clouds.
Introducing the Projects
UNESCO Program Man and the Biosphere and the Biosphere Reservations
The program Man and the Biosphere is one of the international projects sponsored by the Department of Ecological Studies of UNESCO. The project is focused on the environment, relations between the man and nature, biosphere reservations and preservation of diversity. The Czech Republic has been participating in the project since 1970 when the Czech National Committee of MAB was established.
Science - Research - Society
Who is Afraid of Geometry?
In May the Council for the Popularization of Science of the ASCR presented a very interesting series of lectures concerning a current topic, the importance of math in education. Geometry as an important part of mathematics is considered to be the basis for all other sciences and has influenced the general thinking of mankind throughout the development of human civilization.
A Man of Strong Vision - Konrad Adenauer
On May 23, 2001 the Institute of Contemporary Science of the ASCR and Konrad-Adenauer-Stifting jointly hosted a colloquium to celebrate the 125th anniversary of birth of the eminent German politician Konrad Adenauer, founder of a modern democratic state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
Chronicle
Nuclear Energy - the Scientists Vote for, but…
New Books
Summer reading
Chronicle
Linguistics and Computer Science
Is Real Life Somewhere Else?
Design for Everybody
Science - Research - Society
AMAVET - Competition for Youth
The Association for Youth, Science and Technology (AMAVET) has announced the winners of this year's traditional Competition of Scientific and Technical Projects invented by Secondary School Students.
Role of Women in Our Society
A report from a workshop about women working as scientific researchers, prepared by the Institute of Sociology of the ASCR, is supplemented by an interview on the same topic with Jiřina Klevstigh, a Czech emigrant currently living in Sweden, who became the leader of a political party.
Popularization of Science - a Point of View of a Successful Scientist
An interview with radiologist Josef Rösch on the occasion of the International Congress of the European Association for the Study of Liver, held in Prague in April, 2001.
Skeptics in Prague
Academic Bulletin asked Jiří Grygar as one of the organizers of the 10th International Congress of the European Council of Skeptic Organizations (ECSO) about the program and the main goals of the event.
Scientific Societies
Czech Botanical Society
Employees of the Botanical Institute of Prague University founded the Czech Botanical Society in 1912. The Society brings together people who are fond of botany and devoted to the developing and popularization of all the fields of this discipline.
Events
Journal Vesmír - 130 years of Science for the Broad Public
Magazine Živa has Awarded Its Best Authors
The Situation in the Czech Lands as Seen by Sociologists
Seeking the Crew
Conference of Young Chemists
News - Announcements
Resume
Kaleidoscope - Photo-gallery
Presentation of the book Artificial Intelligence, Volume 3, and the celebration of the 130th anniversary of the scientific magazine Vesmír
Topical Supplement
The Logic of Shock: Intermediate Landings
An interview with Jindra Tichá, Czech writer and philosopher, about the Maori people, emigration, logic and life