František Běhounek

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František Běhounek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈbjɛɦounɛk]; 28 October 1898 Prague – 1 January 1973 Karlovy Vary) was a Czech scientist (radiologist), explorer and writer. The asteroid 3278 Běhounek is named after him.

Biography

Běhounek studied physics and mathematics at Charles University, later radiology in France at Marie Curie-Skłodowska.^[1] In 1920s, he was one of the founders of State Radiological Institute. In 1926, he took part in an expedition of Roald Amundsen to the North Pole with airship Norge. In 1928, as an expert on cosmic rays, he was a member of crew of airship Italia led by Umberto Nobile. He survived its crash in 1928, and later described it in book Trosečníci na kře ledové.^[2]

As a scientist, he worked in industrial companies, medical institutions, universities and in the state academy. Since the 1950s, he has participated in work of UNESCO.

Works

Běhounek published about 28 novels (most of them targeted to young people, popularizing science or science fiction) and many scientific works.

Boj o zeměkouli – sci-fi novel (Prague, 1939)
Svět nejmenších rozměrů - (Prague, 1945)
Případ profesora Hrona – sci-fi novel(Prague, 1947)
Swansonova výprava – sci-fi novel (Prague, 1949)
Tajemství polárního moře. – adventure novel about a north pole expedition (Prague, 1942)
Akce L – sci-fi novel (1956)
Robinsoni vesmíru – sci-fi novel (1958)
Tábor v lese (Prague, 1960)
Kletba zlata - short stories (Prague, 1942)
Fregata pluje kolem světa - adventure novel about Austrian Imperial expedition of SMS Novara (Prague,1969)

References

↑ Věra Menclová, Václav Vaněk, ed. (2005). Slovník českých spisovatelů. Prague: Libri. pp. 64–65. ISBN 80-7277-179-5. (Czech)
↑ literally Castaways on an ice floe

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 51817132 LCCN: nr87000114 ISNI: 0000 0001 0781 3416 GND: 125975937 BNF: cb12782597c NKC: jk01011367

Persondata
Name	Behounek, Frantisek
Alternative names
Short description	Czech scientist
Date of birth	28 October 1898
Place of birth
Date of death	1 January 1973
Place of death

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