The idea of forming a committee to study the lives and work of the scientists in Serbia and scientists of Serbian origin was mooted seven years ago. It was put into effect in 1991 after being approved by the natural, ...

Nowadays, when the number of scientific disciplines is multiplying and research procedure is becoming more complex, exploring the history of science has special importance. It has to inform researchers about the problems of ...

The edition "Lives and Work of the Serbian Scientists" is of a great importance for scientists and science in general, especially for the young people who are at the very beginning to address the problems of science. Fact ...

The third volume of the edition Lives and Work of the Serbian Scientists encompasses the scientists from different sciences in a long period of time between 1836 till 1877. Their scientific ideas represent new knowledge, ...

It is well known that in science new ideas appear permanently, they rise to the surface and are in the focus of scientific interest. Many of them disappear quickly, but some last for centuries, as an incentive for further ...

Josif (Josip) Pančić was born on April 17, 1814, in the village of Ugrine near Bribir on the Croatian Littoral. Panečić received his elementary and secondary education at Gospić and Rijeka and then enrolled in the College ...