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Annual Report 2009
Festschrift Tillfried Cernajsek
Volume 149/2+3 (2009) of the "Yearbook of the Geological Survey of Austria" (Jahresbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt) is dedicated to the long-time chairman of the Working Group on History of Earth Sciences in Austria Tillfried Cernajsek. In his capacity as chairman from 2001 to 2007 Tillfried Cernajsek forced researching the history of earth sciences, and sat wide-ranging impact on employment with this branch of science.
This "Festschrift" contains an appreciation by Albert Daurer, the last boss of Tillfried Cernajsek in the Geological Survey of Austria, as well as autobiographical memories of Director Anton Ruttner (†). In Ruttner’s time of Directorate Tillfried Cernajsek was employed in the Geological Survey of Austria. The publications on Rudolf Sieber and Hermann Vetters are also concerning former employees of the Geological Survey of Austria. The latter article resulted together with the remaining work from the Proceedings of the 7th Symposium History of Science of the Working Group on History of Earth Sciences in Austria with the title "From Paracelsus to Braunstingl / Hejl / Pestal" that was held at the University of Salzburg from May, 22th to 25th 2008. This meeting included topics on mining and widely scattered subjects concerning earth sciences. In this process the history plays an important role, particularly in a state such as Salzburg, where the mining tradition spawned far back, but also brought up significant Geologists.
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10 years Working Group on History of Earth Sciences in Austria
From April, 24th to 26th 2009 the 10th Meeting of the Working Group for the History of Earth Sciences in Austria was held in the Steiermärkischen Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, themed “The beginnings of geological research in Austria”. Reason enough to remember the founding of the Working Group and to celebrate the activities and merits of the past ten years. The conference itself focused on geologic pioneers from the 18th and 19th Century, and presented, among others, the scientific accomplishments of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Leopold Johann Nepomuk von Sacher-Masoch and Friedrich Johann Karl Becke. Also the relations between Austria and the international scientific environment were kept in mind: In lectures, the research of Joachim Barrande, Josef Chavanne or Constat Prévost was discussed. The speakers were representative scientists of Austria, Germany, France and Turkey. The field trip "Grazer city and cultural geology" and a matinee as homage to Archduke Johann and Carl Ferdinand Peters framed the scientific program.
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