Česky
Academic bulletin 10/2002
RESUME
Exhibition of pictures of known artist Josef Liesler
Matriculation of new students of Christian Doppler secondary school
EVENTS
Europe discusses the mobility of scientists
President of ASCR doc. RNDr. Helena Illnerova, DrSc. lectured at the international conference "Flexible Europe - Mobility as a tool for enhancing research capacity", which took place in Tallinn, Estonia.
Diamonds
President of ASCR doc. RNDr. Helena Illnerova, DrSc. inaugurated a new Laboratory of Layers of Diamonds at the Institute of Physics, ASCR.
TOPIC OF THE MONTH
There were tens and hundreds people helping
Hundreds of people helped during the August flood
Interview with the director of Centre of Administration and Operations, ASCR and the Head of Task Force Ing. Jan Skoda about the situation in the Academy after the five-hundred-year-flood.
Science helped flood-affected people
"Epidemiological dangers of floods", "How can scientists help to forecast floods", "The role of science during times of natural catastrophes" - these are the main topics of a very important press conference on September 4 at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
INTERVIEW
Image of the enemy and 11th September
Interview with Prof. Stanislav Komarek of Charles University, Prague, about violence, human nature and inexplicable behaviour.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
The Immunological Society
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
I have only books and scripts, valuable life work
On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, The Masaryk Institute, ASCR, published this documentary book presenting Masaryk's intentions in science, history, political science and international cooperation.
Landscape studios
Three-day-workshop about "Continuity and discontinuity of the cultural landscape" (6.-8. September 2002)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A report on the 165th and 166th sessions of the Czech Government's Research and Development Council
NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
A report of the 20th session of scientific divisions of the ASCR
Portraits from the archives
Vojtech Safarik (1829-1902)
Very well known Czech chemist and astronomer, founder of Czech Chemical Society and creator of modern Czech chemical and astronomical nomenclature terms.
GRANTS
Seminars of Grant Agency of ASCR
GA ASCR arranged a series of seminars directed to the broad professional and scientific public including high-school and university students presenting important and interesting results achieved through solving particular grant projects.
Culture and society
How I have survived
Prof. Vitezslav Horn publishes his reminiscences and life-experience criticising and directly describing people he has met during his life and scientific career.
FROM THE PUBLISHING HOUSE ACADEMIA
PRESENTING PROJECTS
Great Capture of European Bolid Net
Meteorite Neuschwanstein - the fourth captured fall of a meteorite in the history and the twin of known meteorite in Pribram, Czech Republic.
AWARDS
The František Nušl Award presented to sun physicist doc. RNDr. Zdenek Svestka, DrSc.
Reportage
EICOS 2002 Hands-On Laboratory Göttingen
The European Initiative for Communicators Science - the experience of the chief-editor of Academic Bulletin from her laboratory practice in Germany.