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Karel Evangelista Purkyně was a fascinating scientist with enormous scope of interest and a very strong ability to think outside the prevailing norms. I wonder
by inglor_cz 4y ago
Karel Evangelista Purkyně was a fascinating scientist with enormous scope of interest and a very strong ability to think outside the prevailing norms. I wonder what a person like him could do with modern lab equipment.
An anecdote: on his deathbed, he dictated his actual feelings, so that other people would know how the process of dying feels like from the inside. Truly a remarkable and curious mind.
Edit: Jan, Karel was his painting son.
- jdsleppy 4y agoI'm unable to find the death notes easily. Could you give me a hint?
- inglor_cz 4y agoI heard it on the Czech public radio more than 20 years ago, in a medaillon dedicated to him. IDK if the notes were ever digitized.
- yedpodtrzitko 4y agoYou mean Jan instead of Karel, right?
- inglor_cz 4y agoYeah, my fault, Karel was his son, a talented painter who died in his thirties. His father outlived him.