Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical university in Europe.
The founding decree of the Czech Technical University, ratified by Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor; January 18, 1707
The CTU Rectorate
Dejvice campus
Karlovo Náměstí campus
Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He formulated the principle – now known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer.
Christian Doppler
Doppler's birth house in the Makart square in Salzburg, just next door to where Mozart's family had lived. A Doppler research and memorial society is now housed there.
Plaque on the house in Prague in which Doppler lived from 1843 to 1847