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The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was established in [[1953]] to be the scientific center for [[Czechoslovakia]]. It was succeeded by the [[Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic]] in [[1992]].

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The '''Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences''' ([[Czech language|Czech]]: ''Československá akademie věd'', [[Slovak language|Slovak]]: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for [[Czechoslovakia]]. It was succeeded by the [[Czech Academy of Sciences]] (''Akademie věd České republiky'') and [[Slovak Academy of Sciences]] (''Slovenská akadémia vied'') in 1992.

==History==

The [[Royal Czech Society of Sciences]], which encompassed both the humanities and the natural sciences, was established in the [[Czech Crown lands]] in 1784.

[[Royal Czech Society of Sciences]] which encompassed both the humanities and the natural sciences was established in Czechoslovakia in [[1784]]. After the totalitarian regime came to power in Czechoslovakia in [[1948]], all scientific, non-university institutions and learned societies were dissolved and instead the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was founded. It was comprised of both a complex of research institutes and a learned society. The Academy was subjected to heavy ideological pressure until the fall of this regime in 1989.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} In 1992 the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established by Act No. 283/1992.

[[Royal Czech Society of Sciences]] which encompassed bothAfter the humanities and the natural sciences was established in Czechoslovakia in [[1784Communist]]. After the totalitarian regime came to power in Czechoslovakia in [[1948]], all scientific, non-university institutions and learned societies were dissolved and, insteadin their place, the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was founded by Act No. 52/1952. It was comprised of both a complex of research institutes and a learned society. The [[Slovak Academy wasof subjectedSciences]], toestablished heavyin ideological1942 pressureand untilre-established thein fall1953, ofwas thisa regimeformal inpart 1989.{{Fact|date=Februaryof 2007}}the In 1992 theCzechoslovak Academy of Sciences offrom the1960 Czechto Republic was established by Act No. 283/1992.

==Academy Notables==

*[[Jaroslav Heyrovský]] won the Noble Prize in 1959

*[[Otto Wichterle]] for his discovery of contact lenses. Otto Wichterle also became the first President of the Academy after the revival of democracy in this country.

*Mathematician [[Eduard Čech]]

During the 1960s the academy operated a publishing house, the Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, some whose books and book series, such as New Horizons, were jointly published with [[Artia (publisher)|Artia]].<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22New+Horizons%22+%2B+artia&qt=owc_search New Horizons], worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.</ref>

==External Links==

[http://www.biomed.cas.cz/ History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic]

In 1992, the [[Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic]] was established by Act No. 283/1992.

==Presidents==

*[[Zdeněk Nejedlý]] (1952–1962)

*[[František Šorm]] (1962–1965; 1965–1969)

*[[Jaroslav Kožešník]] (1969–1970, 1970–1977, 1977–1980)

*[[Bohumil Kvasil]] (1981–1985)

*[[Josef Říman]] (1985–1989)

*[[Otto Wichterle]] (1990–1992)

== Notable members==

* [[Jaroslav Heyrovský]], who won the Noble[[Nobel Prize in 1959Chemistry]] in 1959

* [[Otto Wichterle]] for his discoveryinvention of soft [[contact lenses]]. Otto Wichterle was also became the first Presidentpresident of the Academyacademy after the revival of democracy in thisthe country.Czech Republic.

* astrophysicist [[Jiří Grygar]]

* mathematicians [[Eduard Čech]] and [[Otakar Borůvka]]

* chemist [[Antonín Holý]]

* Polish mathematician [[Czesław Olech]]

* cannabis researcher and chemist [[Lumír Ondřej Hanuš]]

* biomedical scientist [[Ján Vilček]]

* statistician [[Zbyněk Šidák]]

==See also==

* [[Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic]]

* [[Slovak Academy of Sciences]]

== References ==

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==External Linkslinks==

* [httphttps://www.biomed.cas.cz/ History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic]

* [http://www.sav.sk/index.php?lang=sk&doc=sas-history&lang_change=en History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences]

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