04/2005

Academic bulletin 04/2005

EVENT OF THE MONTH
Brain Awareness Week
Lectures given by top Czech scientists as a part of the annual "European Week of the Brain” attracted hundreds of students and the general public to the administrative building of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Science and research
Project Integral
After two and half a years, the project called "Integral” has begun to show evidence of its work. It attracts representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA) as well Czech scientists. The long term project is committed to the fine spectroscopy and superior imaging of celestian gamma-ray sources.

Annus Mirabilis or Nečtiny 2005
The sixth seminar in Nečtiny was devoted to the topic "The Physic and Our World."

New methods in Czech research in Egypt from 200–2004
The most recent scientific findings since the application of new methods in Egyptology and archaeology have been elucidated by Czech scientists.

PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Jan Zubatý
150 years have passed since the birth of Jan Zubatý, a professor of old Indian philology, director of the Faculty of Philosophy, later president of Charles University and also president of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Arts.

INTRODUCING PROJECTS
Gypsies and science, or Project ETHNIC
The project, organized by the Czech Academy of Sciences, deals with the increasing interest of young gypsies in what is happening in science and to encourage them in their continuing studies.

CULTURE AND THE SOCIETY
Don’t be afraid of Murphy’s laws
The author summarizes his knowledge of Murphy’s laws and finds a benefit for science. The best known scientific insight into understanding Murphy’s laws is, one of his best-known laws, Why does a slice of bread fall to the floor with its buttered side down?