Transcription: MIRASLAV PLAVITS, Prague, the astronomical capital of the world. I'm afraid that a couple of hours spent in a cinema leaves a much greater impression on most of us than hours of history lessons in school. Mention Rudolph II and you may at once recall the debauched, unprincipled and narrow-minded emperor from the famous Czech fairy tale, The Baker's Emperor, caricatured by the actor Jan Verik. Rudolf was an incompetent ruler, easily taken in by any charlatan claiming to be a scholar. This may be true, and certainly Rudolf had many faults, but astronomers hold him in high regard because of his u ...
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