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ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS
Dějiny věd a techniky, No. 2, Vol. XXXIX (2006)
ESSAY
73 • What Does the Revolutionary Spirit of the Scientific-Technical Development in 20th Century Consist in? • MIKULÁŠ TEICH(V čem spočívá revolučnost vědecko-technického vývoje ve dvacátém století?)
Key
words: scientific-technical development, 20th century, global history,
society–science–technology
PAPERS
81 • Once More to the “Prized Task” of the Prague Learned Society in 1834 • LUBOŠ NOVÝ(Ještě k cenné úloze pražské Učené společnosti k r. 1834)
Le prix proposé par la Société savante de Bohême pour l’année
1834
En 1833, la Société royale des sciences de Bohême a proposé un prix pour
démontrér que les équations générales de degré n > 4
sont ou ne sont pas résolubles algébriquements (comp. page 81–82). Dans
son article [31] Karel Rychlík a exprimé son opinion que dans ce temps-là,
les membres de la Société n’avaient pas connu la démonstration d’Abel (1826).
J. Berg [7 d] a considéré ses arguments comme persuasifs. A la base des
études de documents historiques plus nombreux l’article prouve que les
mathématiciens pragois savaient l’existence de la démonstration d’Abel
et avaient la possibilité d’étudier ce texte. Mais toutes les circonstances
de la proposition de ce prix ne sont pas encore éclairées.
(Voda ve staročeském lékařství a ve staročeském lexiku)
A wealth of manuscripts on the medical subject water is deposited
in the libraries and archives of the Czech Republic. They date back to
the middle and the 2nd half of the 15th century; older texts are exceptional.
The article refers to fragments of treatises on curative waters whose author
is Master Havel from Strahov. The treatises are housed among the manuscripts
of the National Museum Library under references XI A 27 and II F 2 (from
the beginning of the 15th century) and in the manuscript ref. IV E 5 (15th
century). The texts have not been published as yet; therefore they are
printed in the article transcribed in the new Czech orthography.
The article deals with the curative powers of waters in the Middle Ages,
as referred to in the old Czech medical manuscripts. The author is interested
in the semantic structure of the term water in the old Czech language.
The term has several special meanings (e.g., “urine,” “sap from plants,”
“liquid arisen from the distillation process,” etc.). The article’s conclusion
is devoted to the language of printed treatises and to the special characteristics
of medieval manuscripts.
Key words: the medieval Czech medicine, 15th century, manuscripts, term water (waters)
COMMUNICATION
111 • Architect of the So Called Darwinian Synthesis and the New History of Biology – Ornithologist, Philosopher and Historian Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) • THOMAS JUNKER – UWE HOSSFELD – TOMÁŠ HERMANN(Architekt tzv. darwinistické syntézy a nových dějin biologie – ornitolog, filosof a historik Ernst Mayr (1904–2005))
Key words: Darwinian synthesis, new history of biology, Ernst Mayr (1904—2005)
117 • Electro-luminescent Diodes in the Czechoslovak Electronic Industry • JIŘÍ CETKOVSKÝ(Elektroluminiscenční diody v čs. elektronickém průmyslu)
Key words: electro-luminiscent diodes, research, 2nd half of the 20th century, Czech Republic
121 • Edition Series “History of Mathematics” • EDUARD FUCHS – EMILIE TĚŠÍNSKÁ(Edice „Dějiny matematiky“)
Key words: edition series “History of Mathematics”, 20th century, Czech Republic
© M. Barvík 2006