Astronomers behind the Iron Curtain: The First Postwar Generation in Czechoslovakia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F24%3A10478550" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/24:10478550 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985921:_____/24:00581931
Result on the web
<a href="https://matfyzpress.cz/data/web/astronomers-behind-iron-curtain2.pdf" target="_blank" >https://matfyzpress.cz/data/web/astronomers-behind-iron-curtain2.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Astronomers behind the Iron Curtain: The First Postwar Generation in Czechoslovakia
Original language description
The inauguration of the two-metre telescope at Ondřejov observatory and the 13th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague in 1967 was an important turning point in astronomy. After the discovery of quasars, new methods of observation were discussed, and the Space Race between two Cold War rivals was culminating. Luboš Perek, father of the mirror reflector and mastermind of the congress, became a leader of the generation of scholars and the Director of the Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.The formation of the generation was specific with regard to the war experience. This book shows how students of astronomy became experts and brought their knowledge into society using public observatories as places for the promotion of modern science.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
B - Specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-20678S" target="_blank" >GA19-20678S: The first post-war generation of Czech astronomers, astrophysicists and mathematicians. Interdisciplinary research of the history of science networks.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
ISBN
978-80-7378-464-5
Number of pages
285
Publisher name
MatfyzPress
Place of publication
Praha
UT code for WoS book
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