Featured in this issue is an article by Jiří Wiedermann, the director of the Institute of Computer Science of the ASCR, on periodical research assessment in the field of Computer Sciences in the Netherlands from 2002-2008. All publicly funded research in the Netherlands is evaluated once every six years. The evaluation system aims at three objectives regarding research and research management: improvement of the quality of research through an assessment carried out in accord with international standards of quality and relevance; improvement of research management and leadership; seeking higher levels of accountability by research organizations and funding organizations, government and the society at large. and Jiří Wiedermann.
Although origins of holography fall to a period more then sixty years ago, its boom started after more than further ten years when the laser was used as a coherent light source. in this article, causes of the boom are summarized and its particular aspects are analyzed in details. only simple mathematical means and illustrative images are presented., Počátky holografie sice spadají do období před více než šedesáti lety, ale svého rozmachu se tato metoda dočkala až po více než dalších deseti letech, poté, co byl využit těsně předtím vynalezený laser jako koherentní světelný zdroj. Ve stati jsou shrnuty příčiny tohoto rozmachu a podrobněji rozebrány jddnotlivé aspekty. Jsou použity pouze jednoduché matematické prostředky a názorné představy (např. co se týče koherence světla)., Miroslav Miler., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Painting the Jungle, the amply illustrated publication of an excellent Czech author of scientistific drawings, Jan Dungel, brings together fascinating photos and drawings of the jungle from his journeys through South America - Amazonian rainforests, savannahs (grassland with widely spaced trees), Llanos (extensive systems of grasslands on flat plains) or in Pantanal (the world´s largest wetland area in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay). and [autor recenze] Jan Zima.