Pavel Mervart Publishing Society for the History of Sciences and Technology

Jan Janko:
Science and scientists mirrored in daily (intimate) notes of Bohumil Němec


2014, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 75-90

Abstract

From 1945 nearly till his death Bohumil Němec, probably the greatest Czech biologist of the 20th century, recorded comments and remarks about his experiences, meetings and dates, family events, weather and nature. The author selected interesting documents from the notes, preserved in the Archives of the Academy of Sciences CR, informing how B. Němec saw some events and personalities of his time.

Keywords

biology; plant physiology; 1950s and 1960s; Czechoslovakia; Bohumil Němec; daily notes

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