The Hyde Park Civilizace show has been opening the door to the fascinating world of science for viewers of Czech Television for 11 years. "Science is all around us, although we often don't even realize it. We want to give you food for thought," say its creators, guided by the motto of Apollo 13 flight commander Gene Kranz: "Failure is not an option."
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The show's guests are people who have saved, without exaggeration, thousands or even millions of lives. People who stood up to oppression and suffering. Those who showed a new view of the world. Capacities in their fields that came up with things that no one had even thought of before them. People from all over the world who will push you forward. Start for the third time in their fascinating stories and transport together with them to the moon, to the mysterious underground or to the laboratories where groundbreaking drugs for serious diseases are created.
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Read interviews with notable personalities, including in this volume: NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt - Nobel Prize winners Thomas Cech, William Phillips, Charles Rice, Jean Tirole - Holocaust survivors Helga Hošková-Weissová - former FBI agent Joe Navarro - scientists and popularizers of science Iain Stewart, Merlin Sheldrake, Satchin Panda - Kavli Prize winner Thomas Ebbesen - biochemist Adrian Krainer and Hradilks - hemato-oncologist Jan Starý - top athletes Adam Ondra, Petr Čech - and the show's annual guests Dana Drábová and Jiří Grygar.
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You are masters of your field! I am impressed with the quality of the show. Bravo. Not only young people in the Czech Republic are really lucky that your team can convey the essence and excitement of science with such enthusiasm.
* Thomas Ebbsen, physical chemist, winner of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
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Daniel Stach was extremely well prepared for the one-hour interview with me. He is certainly the most knowledgeable presenter I have met since receiving the Nobel Prize.
* Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
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I will never stop being proud that we started together.
* Dana Drábová, chairman of the State Office for Nuclear Safety