Jaroslav Kožešník (8 June 1907 in Kněžice – 26 June 1985 in

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) was a Czech and Czechoslovak scientist, mathematician, an expert in mechanics and automation (

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), chairman of the

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech: ''Československá akademie věd'', Slovak: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for Czechoslovakia. It was succeeded by the Czech Academy of Science ...

(1969–1970, 1970–1977, 1977–1980), a Communist Party functionary in

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and a member of the parliament during the

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period, recipient of several state awards, editor-in-chief of the ''Kybernetika'' journal."Jaroslav Kožešník"
a Czech Parliament webpage"K šedesátinám akademika Jaroslava Kožešníka" (Czech title). ("Academician Jaroslav Kožešník sexagenarian"). Kybernetika, vol. 3 (1967), issue 3, pp. 219-222
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accessed February 12, 2014)"Academik Jaroslav Kožešník 1907--1985", Kybernetika (1985), Volume: 21, Issue: 4, page 249-250
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Books

*1983: ''Teorie podobnosti a modelování'' *1979: ''Kmitání mechanických soustav'' *1965: ''Základy teorie přístrojů'' (Principles of the Theory of Machines) *1960: ''Dynamika strojů'' (Dynamics of Machines), translated into English, German, Russian, Polish *1960: ''Mechanika elektrických strojů točivých'' (The Mechanics of Electrical Rotating Machines), translated into several languages *1947: ''Fysikální podobnost a stavba modelů''

Awards

Honorary title of the Hero of Socialist Labor of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Order of the Republic, the Order of the Victorious February, Order of Labour, A. Zápotockého medal with ribbon, the Soviet

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

(awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union), Star friendship Nations in gold (awarded by the State Council of the GDR). For scientific merit is twice laureate of the Klement Gottwald State Prize, received the highest scientific honors the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union,

Lomonosov Gold Medal The Lomonosov Gold Medal (russian: Большая золотая медаль имени М. В. Ломоносова ''Bol'shaya zolotaya medal' imeni M. V. Lomonosova''), named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarde ...

, two honorary gold plaques of the SCAS "For Merits of science and humanity" and a plaque of

Zdeněk Nejedlý Zdeněk Nejedlý (10 February 1878 – 9 March 1962) was a Czech musicologist, historian, music critic, author, and politician whose ideas dominated the cultural life of what is now the Czech Republic for most of the twentieth century. Although ...

References

1907 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Czech mathematicians People from Jihlava District Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians Czech Technical University in Prague alumni Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Recipients of the Lomonosov Gold Medal Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Czech mathematicians Czechoslovak mathematicians {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub