Academic bulletin 04/2004
SUMMARY
Brain Awareness week
Lectures given by top Czech scientists as a part of the annual Brain Awareness Week attracted hundreds of students and the general public to the administration building of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The European First Prize for the year 2004 is launched
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Institute of History (ASCR) and Institute of History (University of South Bohemia): A common workplace
Cooperation between Institutes of ASCR and University of South Bohemia is working to the advantage of the University.
Czech-Slovak muses
Days of Slovak Culture are held every year during the second week of February at České Budějovice. Science, research and education are the distinctive fields of the Czech-Slovak affinity.
Science, or Else?
About the position of the scientists regarding misusing scientific findings.
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA
An interview with Prof. Robert C. Olby, who is best known for his work on the history of genetics and molecular biology.
With hadrons against tumours
About new ways radiation therapy is being utilized in the world.
NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
A report on the 43rd session of the Academic Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
An account of the 186th session of the Czech Government’s Research and Development Council.
PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Josef Podpěra
50 years have passed since the death of Josef Podpěra, one of the leading Czech botanists.
PAST AND FUTURE
Looking back
The American musicologist, Douglas A. Smith, discovered a cycle of lectures called Collegium Historiae Artium held by the Institute of Art History (ASCR).
INTERVIEW
Adventures in understanding
Biochemist Doc. Jan Konvalinka has been presented the Award of the Minister of Health 2003 for his discoveries in the field of virus HIV.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
The Czech Entomology Society
One hundred years have passed since the establishment of the Society, a result of the initiative of Prof. F. Klapálek.
CULTURE AND THE SOCIETY
External and internal Scenery, or the Signs of our Times
An interview with geologist, poet, traveller, writer, teacher and visionary, Dr. Václav Cílek (Part 2).
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