OF PHYSICS
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
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THE 2005 WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 25. 5. 2005 | |
| Face value: | 12 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 40 x 23 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Zdeněk Ziegler | |
| Engraver: | Václav Fajt | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in ochre, green, blue and red | |
| Subject of the stamp: | The World Year of Physics was announced on a motion made by the European Physical Society and the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics. The year of 2005 was chosen with respect to the 100th anniversary of publication of the basic works by Albert Einstein in relativistic and quantum physics. This physicist of world renown was a lecturer in the years of 1911-12 at the University in Prague. The purpose of the World Year of Physics is to commemorate the great achievements in physics of the past century and to refer to problems which it can help to solve, e.g. sufficient energy resources, new materials, transport, communication, information technologies, the environment as well as human health. The postage stamp features the logotype of the 2005 World Year of Physics (light cone) and Einstein’s principle of the constant velocity of light. The mentioned elements are a part of relativistic physics and mutual complements. | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0437 | |
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