Pavel Mervart Publishing Society for the History of Sciences and Technology

Milena Josefovičová - Břetislav Friedrich:
From the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences to Exile. Interview with Břetislav Friedrich (I.)

Abstract

Professor Břetislav Friedrich is one of the most significant Czech scientists who left Czechoslovakia and who exerted an excellent influence abroad. An interview with him in January 2010 belongs to the many other interviews that are a part of the grant project “Czech scientists in exile.” The interviews focus on the circumstances of emigration and the impact of exile on scientific careers.

Language: czech

Keywords: Exile of scientists; Břetislav Friedrich; reasons for exile from Czechoslovakia; 1980s

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