Naslov
Tesla's Works and Works about Tesla in Croatian Libraries, Searchable via Online Catalogue

Autori
Valenta, Ankica

Izvornik
Annual 2006 of the Croatian Academy of Engineering: Interna. Scientific Meeting ''The Life and Work of Tesla'' June 28-29, 2006, Zagreb / Ed. Zlatko Kniewald (1332-3482) 2007 (2006); 115-130

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
150 obljetnica Nikole Tesle; Teslini radovi u knjižnicama; Teslini radovi u Središnjoj knjižnici za fiziku PMF-a
(150th birthday anniversary of Nikola Tesla; Tesla's works in library; Tesla's works in the Central Library of Physics)

Sažetak
The mankind owes a great deal to scientists. After 2005 being a year dedicated to Albert Einstein, this year is the Year of Nikola Tesla, giving honor to the scientist coming from Croatia. Perhaps these dedications to the great physicists will draw attention of young people to the importance of natural sciences in the overall progress of mankind. Today the technology is changing very quickly, so that the new generations cannot possibly take into account all the roots of its beginnings. Cell-phones, computers, audio and visual appliances, cars and other technical equipment are going through changes from day to day, making it difficult for ordinary people to know all the details of the technology and its changing processes. But there will always be young scientists willing to look for scientific information in libraries, museums and archives, as well as in the new databases found on Internet. Their willingness for data mining will enable them to widen their scientific horizons. One such special library is the Central Physical Library, located on the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, founded in 1874. The Library has in its possession valuable documents regarding physics, dating from 1662, such as works of Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Alessandro Volta and others. There are also a lot of Nikola Tesla's works, many of them bearing Nikola Tesla's signature, as well as a personal letter from Nikola Tesla. This year makes an important occasion to present these works to the public in general. The whole Library's collection is searchable via online catalogue, available on the Library's web page: http://www.knjiznica.phy.hr .

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Povijest

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