Jaroslav Heyrovský. Source: hiedu.cz

Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium is exhibiting the 1959 Nobel prize of Jaroslav Heyrovský just today, from 6 p.m.

Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890 – 1967) was the inventor of the “polarographic method” and a father of electroanalytical chemistry.

Herovský was the only Czech who had ever received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Source: iDnes.cz.

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A nice open-air exposition about Space is taking place in front of Mahen’s theatre. 48 banners show breathtaking pictures of distant worlds, described in Czech and English and decorated with fragments of Czech poets’ poems (also bilingual).

The exposition celebrates the International Year of Astronomy

Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno, Masaryk University, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and National Theatre in Brno have collaborated to bring the exposition to life

Verses of Czech poet Vladimír Holan

The exposition will last until June 16. See it on a map.