h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The Clementinum, Prague - That's a building complex. That's where Johannes Kepler's observatory is. Kepler lived there from 1600-1612 (he was invited by another astronomical big-wig Tycho Brahe). From there Kepler published his first two laws in 'Astronomia nova'(1609).

The Old City Hall, Prague - The Prague Astronomical Clock is there. It is a medieval planetarium dated 1410.


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Gregor Mendel's Workplace - The Augustinian monastery in Brno, Czech Republic (formerly Austrian: Brünn). Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), the son of a poor peasant's family joined the Monastery in 1843. Mendel always had a great interest for natural sciences. For a poor man the monastery was at that time the best place to go for learning science. It was in the monastery's experimental garden, where Mendel conducted his experiments with pea plants, that led him to formulate the well-known laws of heredity. With this theory Mendel coind most of the terms used in modern genetics.

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I also found this (It's interesting, but it's probably more suitable in a Mendel Biography Entry):

"[...]his work ... didn't take affect in the science field until 1900, years after his death. As the theory of evolution spread so did his findings and laws. Many other biologists used Mendel's research as a basis for their own and Mendelian genetics is studied and taught throughout the world[...]Gregor Mendel died in ... 1884."

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