Prague Tycho Brahe Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Royal Czech Society of Sciences Czech Academy of Sciences Gerty Carl Ferdinand Cori Jaroslav Heyrovský Otto Wichterle Ernst Mach Peter Grünberg Jan Evangelista Purkyně Antonín Holý Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis Příbor Gregor Mendel genetics Hynčice Brno Kurt Gödel Czech Czech lands
Historically, the Czech lands, especially Prague, have been the seat of scientific discovery going back to early modern times, including Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler. In 1784 the scientific community was first formally organized under the charter of the Royal Czech Society of Sciences. Currently, this organization is known as the Czech Academy of Sciences. Similarly, the Czech lands have a well-established history of scientists, including Nobel laureates biochemists Gerty and Carl Ferdinand Cori, chemists Jaroslav Heyrovský and Otto Wichterle, physicists Ernst Mach and Peter Grünberg, physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně and chemist Antonín Holý. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, was born in Příbor, Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, was born in Hynčice and spent most of his life in Brno, logician and mathematician Kurt Gödel was born in Brno.
