07/2005

Academic bulletin 07/2005

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

The Year of Physics
The Czech Republic is participating in the World Year of Physics 2005 with the issuance of a postage stamp on "first-day" envelopes 25^th May 2005. Doc. Štefan Zajac explained the meaning of the symbols at the second conference to honour the International Year of Physics 2005.

Prizes of the Learned Society Awarded
At the eleventh general assembly of The Czech Learned Society prizes were awarded to senior and junior scientists on 16^th and 17^th May 2005.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

They are young, they have ideas and they are skilful
These words epitomize the participants of the AMAVET (a competition among secondary school students). Finalists met together in the main building of AS CR and presented and explained a variety of science projects.

A new view of the Prague King’s villa, Belvedere
The royal villa Belvedere and the garden around it was the largest architectonic project of the Czech King and Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. It was rare when architecture is one of the first responses of Italian Renaissance in transalpine Europe.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

SISYFOS the Czech Club of Sceptics
The Sceptics Club is observing its 10^th anniversary this year. It was organised in 1995 as a reaction mainly to some scientists who were concerned about a rash of ideas against science after 1989. SISYFOS currently has nearly 400 members in all sorts of professions.