| History |
| Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopic Society (IMMSS) |
| Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopic Society (IMMSS) is a non-profit organization of scientific, educational and professional technical workers in spectroscopy, eventually legal entities engaged in scientific or application activities in this field, all associated in joint activities with the aims of promoting and fostering advancement in the field of spectroscopy. IMMSS has currently ca 110 collective members. Its history dates back to 1949 (Czechoslovak Spectroscopic Society). The Society is named after Ioannes Marcus Marci (1595 - 1667), a distinguished doctor, physicist and mathematician of the renaissance and rector of Charles University in Prague. Marci is sometimes denoted as a first spectroscopist in history and foreshadower of Newton since he had dealt with light refraction well before him, studied and explained the nature of the phenomenon of the rainbow. Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal  Awarded to eminent foreign and domestic scientists in recognition of their outstanding achievements in some of the spectroscopic disciplines Ioannes Marcus Marci medal laureates include five Nobel prize winners: prof. Eric Allin Cornell prof. Dr. Theodor W. Hänsch prof. Ahmed H. Zewail Sir Harold W. Kroto prof. Robert F. Curl, Jr. IMMSS is the direct successor to the Czechoslovak Spectroscopic Society bringing more than 75 year tradition of associating spectroscopists. |
| 20th CSI in Prague, Aug 30 - Sep 3, 1977 |
| Speaking of history, it will be 50 years since the very successful 20th CSI held in Prague. The 20th CSI was organized together with the International Conference on Atomic Spectroscopy (ICAS) and several thematic small symposia. This is a good praxis that was then exercised on future conferences and it is also our aim when pursuing recent trends in interdisciplinary research. |
  Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal |