The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) celebrates not only Galileo Galilei’s innovative work in telescopic observational astronomy, but also the year that Johannes Kepler’s paradigm-setting work Astronomia Nova - which he wrote in Prague - was published. This, Kepler’s magnum opus contains the results of the astronomer’s ten year investigation of the motion of Mars and records the discovery of the first two of the three principles known as Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion. and Luděk Svoboda.
Cieľom state je navrhnúť systematickú a vyčerpávajúcu klasifikáciu definícií. Táto klasifikácia vychádza z typológie, ktorú vypracoval Richard Robinson vo svojej knihe o definíciách, no v rôznych aspektoch ju ďalej dopracováva. Nová klasifikácia je založená na dvoch kritériách, a to kritériu predmetnosti a kritériu ilokučnej sily. Podľa kritéria predmetnosti možno definovať výrazy, pojmy, resp. objekty (v širokom zmysle); podľa kritéria ilokučnej sily možno zase rozlíšiť definície, ktoré opisujú existujúci systém, a definície, ktoré transformujú daný systém na nový systém. Napokon sa podľa týchto dvoch kritérií vyhodnocujú niektoré známe druhy definícií., The aim of the paper is proposing a classification of definitions that would be both systematic and exhaustive. The classification is built on the one developed by Richard Robinson in his book on definitions; Robinson’s classification is, however, further elaborated here in certain respects. The new classification is based on two criteria, namely the criterion of aboutness and the criterion of illocutionary force. According to the former, one may define either expressions or concepts or objects (broadly conceived); according to the latter, one may distinguish the definitions describing an existing system and the definitions transforming a system into a new one. Finally, certain well-known kinds of definitions are assessed with respect to the two criteria., and Marián Zouhar.
The CZELO Office in Brussels organized an IGLO Open Seminar on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) on March 6, 2012. The KETs represent an important feature of the upcoming Horizon 2020 framework program. Their role is to enhance the competitiveness and innovation potential of European products, processes and technologies The KETs are defined, for example, as micro- and nanoelectronics photonics, biotechnology or advanced manufacturing systems. and Michaela Vlková.
his year, we celebrate two hundred years since the birth of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), one of the world's most creative and influential thinkers, and one hundred and fifty years since the publication of his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. Charles Darwin presented compelling evidence that all living species have evolved over millions of years from a few ancestors through the process he termed natural selection. In 1831, Darwin set out on a British scientific expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern living species. On the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean he noticed many variations among plants and animals of the same general type as those in South America. Darwin visited many places around the world collecting specimens to further his studies. and Stanislav Komárek.