On 19th February 2016 exactly 100 years passed since the death of Ernst Mach, the great physicist and philosopher of the 19th and 20th centuries, a native of Brno-Chrlice. On the occasion of this anniversary, Masaryk University and other institutions organised Ernst Mach Brno-Days 2016 with the conference "Ernst Mach: Physics - Philosophy - Technics" and other events. The presented brief report informs about these events. and Jana Musilová.
Na Přírodovědecké fakultě Masarykovy univerzity byl 10. března 2011, měsíc před 60. výročím jeho úmrtí (12. 4. 1951) uspořádán složkami Jednoty českých matematiků a fyziků v součinnosti s vedením fakulty seminář, jako vzpomínka na matematika a fyzika Bohuslava Hostinského., Martin Černohorský., and Obsahuje bibliografii
The article focuses on the problem of „štatl“ of Brno and its inhabitants, the so called „štatlaři“. The term „štatl“ can signify the city of Brno itself, or the city center, but also a certain type of subculture and, in connection with the term „štatlaři“, the specific group of the inhabitants of Brno. The core of the article consists in the analysis of images and meanings connected with štatl and štatlaři, their image and interpretation in memories and the exploitation of their image at present (commercial use in advertising). Besides štatl, the article also reflects the specific language, the so called “hantec” that is inseparably connected with štatl. The chronological frame of the article is from the 1960s to the present, but it mentions also the so called “Brno stove” (plotna) from the beginning of the twentieth century that is often mentioned in connection with štatl. The methodological basis of research consisted in especial in oral history and analysis of documents. The basic sources for the article were interviews, memoirs and published scientific articles. The results of the analysis should serve on the one hand as contemporary interpretation of life of certain group of people in urban setting during the period of socialism, on the other hand for better understanding of the processes that are connected to the contemporary creation of local identities, as well as commercial use of cultural artifacts.
Face to face with the threat of an invasion by western powers in the 1850s, Japanese scholars and officials searched for a way out of the crisis. Sakuma Shōzan was among the first to stress and prove the viability of Neoconfucian learning by including selective aspects and achievements of western civilization such as military science. In doing so, he contributed much to the process of transition from valuing static ethic norms toward combinib these norms with realistic approaches and seeking practical knowledge as a new yardstick for decision-making.
Celobronzové komponenty ochranné zbroje jsou fenoménem, který se ve středoevropském nálezovém fondu objevuje poprvé počátkem doby popelnicových polí. Na Moravě je dnes tato zbroj doložena kromě dvou částí bronzových přileb (Služín, Brno-Řečkovice) a starším nálezem náholenice (Kuřim) také zlomkem pancíře (Ivančice 4). Pouze u náholenice není znám nálezový kontext, ostatní artefakty pocházejí z depotů a jsou karpatské provenience. Typologicky i kontextem depotů jsou moravské nálezy bronzové zbroje datovány do rozpětí stupňů B D2 – Ha B1. Plech pancíře z depotu Ivančice 4 byl podle materiálové analýzy vyroben z klasického bronzu mechanickým tvářením s následným rekrystalizačním žíháním. V obvodovém lemu ramenního výkroje pancíře byla zakována tyčinka ze slitiny PbSn, která posloužila jako měkký podklad pro vykování ohybu okraje. Olovo bylo sice v době popelnicových polí vzácně již vyráběno a používáno, v technologické aplikaci při výrobě bronzového pancíře je však nálezem v depotu Ivančice 4 takto prokázáno poprvé. and Solid bronze armour components are a phenomenon that first appears in Central European find assemblages at the beginning of the Urnfield culture period. In addition to two parts of bronze helmets (Služín, Brno-Řečkovice) and an old find of a greave (Kuřim), this armour is also documented today in Moravia by a fragment of cuirass (Ivančice 4). The find context is unknown only in the case of the greave; the other artefacts come from hoards and are of Carpathian provenance. Typologically and based on the context of the hoards, the Moravian finds of bronze armour are dated to the period between stages B D2 and Ha B1. According to a material analysis, the sheet metal of the cuirass from the Ivančice 4 hoard is made from classic bronze that was mechanically shaped and subsequently treated by recrystallisation annealing. A bar from a PbSn alloy hammered into the edge of the shoulder cut-out of the cuirass served as a soft base for bending the edge. Although lead was occasionally made and used already in the period of the Urnfield culture, the find from the Ivančice 4 hoard marked the first time its technological application was demonstrated in the production of bronze cuirasses.