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Václav Hlavatý (1894-1969) and the educational reform in postwar Czechoslovakia

DURNOVÁ, Helena

Basic information

Original name

Václav Hlavatý (1894-1969) and the educational reform in postwar Czechoslovakia

Authors

DURNOVÁ, Helena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Jahrestagung der Deutsche-Mathematiker Vereinigung, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/15:00081621

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

Keywords in English

Václav Hlavatý (1894-1969); school reform in postwar Czechoslovakia
Změněno: 29/2/2016 09:45, Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Although Václav Hlavatý himself considered his achievements in differential geometry, especially in connection with relativity theory and unified field theory, more important, he was one of the few mathematicians who were closely involved in politics. This did not come out of the situation created in emigration, where he was deeply involved in the activities of Czechoslovak emigré community in the USA (1948-1969), but is apparent also in the earlier period. In this contribution, I will pay attention especially to the changes in the style of education of doctoral students in the turbulent years after WWII, when Hlavatý was in strong opposition to mass breeding of doctoral students in mathematics.

Links

GA15-11070S, research and development project
Name: Matematika, fyzika a politka: Život a dílo Václava Hlavatého (1894-1969) v mezinárodním kontextu
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Modern mathematics inspired by relativity: life and work of Václav Hlavatý (1894-1969) in international context