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Pavel Kroupa
Pavel Kroupa (born 24 September 1963 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech-Australian astrophysicist and professor at the University of Bonn. Biography and career After the 1968 failure of Prague spring, Kroupa's family fled from Czechoslovakia losing all possessions; as a consequence Kroupa grew up in Germany and South Africa. He acquired in 1983 his Abitur final exams in Göttingen and afterwards studied physics at The University of Western Australia in Perth. In 1988 he won the Isaac Newton scholarship at the University of Cambridge and in 1992 the senior Rouse Ball research scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge and attained a doctorate in England in 1992 with a dissertation on the distribution of low mass stars in the Milky Way. Afterwards Kroupa worked until 2000 in astronomical research groups at Heidelberg University and at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, before he went to the University of Kiel and earned his Habilitation there. He was awarded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřichův Hradec
Jindřichův Hradec (; german: Neuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Town parts of Jindřichův Hradec I–V and villages of Buk, Děbolín, Dolní Radouň, Dolní Skrýchov, Horní Žďár, Matná, Otín, Políkno and Radouňka are administrative parts of Jindřichův Hradec. Geography Jindřichův Hradec is located about northeast of České Budějovice. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands, which is part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The highest point is the hill Rýdův kopec at above sea level. The town is situated on the Nežárka river, on the shore of Vajgar pond, which is one of the symbols of the town. It is a large fish pond established in 1399. There is a significant amount of other fish ponds in the municipal territory. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
