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[josef zeman]
Present position
Associated Professor
Institution
Masaryk University, Faculty of Science,
Institute of Geological Sciences
Address
Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech republic
e-mail: jzeman@sci.muni.cz – phone: 420 541 146 210
Interests
professional
dynamics of natural systems, physical geochemistry, weathering of rock forming minerals, biooxidation of sulfides, pattern formation, chaos and order in nature, fractals
personal
fine arts (Gustav Klimt, Edward Hopper, Rene Magritte…), poetry (Lawrence Ferlinghetti …), literature (John Barth …), music (Laurie Anderson, Julee Cruise …), film (David Lynch …), Indian stories (old, Eskimo, Hoppi, other …), philosophy (Ludwig Wittgenstein …)

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living."

Last Updated October 19, 2003
© 2003 Josef Zeman
Henri Poincaré(1845-1912)