Josef Smolka:
On the ancestry of Josef Stepling

Abstract

The article is devoted to some not yet clear facts from the life of one of the most important scientists of the Bohemian enlightenment, Josef Stepling (1716–1778); astronomer, physicist and mathema­tician who was in the contact with many European scholars throug. letters. Thank to this contactt he brought the most topical scientific themes to Bohemia.

Language: czech

Keywords: astronomy; physics; mathematics; 18th century; Bohemia; Josef Stepling; biography