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The Decline of Mitchurinist Biology in the Czech Lands
Janko, Jan
The leading representatives of Czech biology I. Málek, M. Hašek and F. Herčík abandoned their support for Lyssenkoism to the end of the fifties. The change was perceived as very hard namely by I. Málek, who published many apologetic books and papers at the time. Elder geneticists J. Kříženecký and B. Sekla confirmed their negative approach to Lyssenkoism, while the president of Czechoslovak Agricultural Academy defended Mitchurinist biology as a for the practice favorable doctrine and discipline.
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Editor's activity of Czecholovak Academy of Sciences in 1953 - 1961
Pokorná, Magdaléna
The work is summarize the basic features of edition activity CAS (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences), the main possibilities for presentation of research working and its direction. But NCSAV didi not have any monopoly for publishing scientific literature. It was commit to the predecessorsŽ activities. As in the published works of the basic research (for instance series CSAV Talks), but also orientated to the popular science works. The study is parsing also the periodical production, which has been changing. Also was sketched the fees policy.
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The Czechoslovak-Mongolian Archeology Expedition in 1958
Martinovský, Martin
Czechoslovak/Mongolian archeology expedition in 1958 was the first action on its extend in CSR at all. Institute of Archeology Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences sent to Mongolia high experts at the head of L. Jisl, who executed besides the excavations also ethnographic palaeogic and anthropological research. Results were very high appreciated by inland as well as external experts and it confirmed the prestige of Czechoslovak science. The pursuit of expedition by next years was grounded by organizations barriers.
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Honour, Tribute, Work, Torment - Jaroslav Heyrovský between 50's and 60's
Podaný, Václav
The compedious history of proposals to grant Nobel prize for Jaroslav Heyrovský from 1940 to 1959 recharge the review of his working activities in a frame of The Central Polarographic Institute and The CAS Polarographic institute, activities and sciences results of polarographic school in the international measure but also specify the difficulties which happen to J. Heyrovský on his foreign journeys early in the fifties.
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