General Information

Uniform Title

Vzpomínky.

Author/Creator

Wichterle, Otto, 1913-1998‏

Language

English.

Published

Prague : [s.n.], 1994.

Physical Description

229 p. ; 21 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Preface -- Ancestors -- Youth -- College -- Votoček -- Zlín 1939-1945 -- Cooperation with the chemical industry in 1945-1958 -- Travels abroad -- Scientific and political relations with the Soviet Union -- The situation in the universities after war -- General and inorganic chemistry -- Establishment of the Department of Plastics -- Practical research into contact lenses in the Academy -- Clashes with the party after 1948 -- The struggle for school reform after 1948 -- Research into macromolecular chemistry in the Academy -- The task: 'alkaline polyamide' -- The task: 'contact lenses' -- 1968 -- 21 August, 1968 -- Normalization persecution in the Academy -- IMC under director K. Friml -- Court proceedings in the U.S.A. -- Restored international relations after 1976 -- The situation after the removal of director Friml.

Subjects

Subject

Wichterle, Otto, 1913-1998‏

Chemists > Czech Republic > Biography.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Otto Wichterle ; [translated by Blažena Kukulišová ; revized [sic] by Kevin Dalrymple].

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 104 - Donation of the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	540.92 WIC		General Stacks	-

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