“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”– Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he’s one who asks the right questions.” - Claude Levi-Strauss

“Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking

“The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.” – Edward Teller

VLADA FEDERACIJE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE JE NA INICIJATIVU FEDERALNOG MINISTARSTVA OBRAZOVANJA I NAUKE/ZNANOSTI. U ZNAK SJEĆANJA NA NOBELOVCA VLADIMIRA PRELOGA PROGLASILA 12. DECEMBAR/PROSINAC DANOM NAUKE/ZNANOSTI U FEDERACIJI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE

In memory of Vladimir Prelog, and at the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Science, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared 12 December as the Science Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vladimir Prelog Prijedlog za izbor prof. dr. Vladimira Preloga za dopisnog člana Akademije nauka i Zahvala Vladimira Preloga u povodu izbora za dopisnog člana Akademije nauka i umjetnosti Uručenje Nobelove nagrade za hemiju prof. dr. Vladimiru Prelogu, Stockholm 12. 12. 1975. Sarajevo 1906. – Zürich 1998. Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine-izvod Bosne i Hercegovine godine Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i znanosti Proposal for the election of Prof. Dr. Vladimir Prelog to be a corresponding member of the Vladimir Prelog’s gratitude on the occasion of his election as a corresponding member of Awarding the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Prof. Dr. Vladimir Prelog, Stockholm, 12 December Diploma počasnog doktorata Univerziteta u Sarajevu 1996. godine Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina – excerpt the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1975 Diploma of Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sarajevo in 1996 “Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” – Robert A. Heinlein

“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” – Edwin Powell Hubble

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” – Immanuel Kant

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” - Marie Skłodowska Curie

“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” – Isaac Newton

“Science is magic that works.” – Kurt Vonnegut Uređaj za titriranje Vlado Prelog, Osijek Mnogi poznati uređaji za titriranje pokazuju raznovrsne prednosti, bez da u svim važnijim tačkama odgovaraju postavljenim zahtjevima. Jedna dobra “Koliki je moj doprinos “My contribution will be best known konstrukcija sastavljena od jeftinih dijelova sa jednom običnom biretom pri- znat će se najbolje za sto godina. in a hundred years. kazana na slici 1. sasvim Ja sam svoj posao napravio. I completed my job. zadovoljava. Punjenje Pri tome se osjećam kao čvorić Thereby I feel like a se odvija usisavanjem u velikom tkanju.” - Vladimir Prelog node in a large weave.” - Vladimir Prelog M, kao i kod modela na Ostwald Institutu. Dak- le, nema gumene lopte (visina troškova!). Usisa- vanje ima prednost nad Bosna i Hercegovina je zemlja umnih nauka/znanosti je uveo pojam hemij- Bosnia and Herzegovina is a land of spatial structure. In the area of science pritiskanjem tako da ni ljudi i duge, višestoljetne tradicije istra- ske/kemijske topologije za područje intelligent people and a long, centu- he introduced the concept of chemical u kom slučaju vazduh živanja. U plejadi velikih umova koji su hemije/kemije koje se bavi geometrij- ries-old tradition of researching. topology for the field of chemistry that koji sadrži CO2 ne može dali nemjerljiv doprinos njenom nauč- skim svojstvima molekula. Značajne In the pleiad of the great minds that deals with the geometric properties of dospijeti u bocu za sk- no/znanstveno-tehnološkom razvoju i rezultate postigao je u analizi strukture made an immeasurable contribution to molecules. He achieved significant re- ladištenje. Mjerna tekući- afirmaciji posebno mjesto pripada ve- i sintezi mnogih organskih spojeva. Za its scientific and technological devel- sults in the analysis of the structure and na ne dolazi u dodir sa likom naučniku/znanstveniku i istraži- svoj naučni/znanstveni rad dobio je niz opment and affirmation, a special place the synthesis of many organic com- kaučukom, uređaj se dak- vaču, nobelovcu Vladimiru Prelogu. nagrada i priznanja, među kojima po- belongs to the great scientist and re- pounds. He received numerous awards le može koristiti i za takve sebno mjesto zauzima Nobelova nagra- and honors for his scientific work, Profesor Prelog rođen je u Sarajevu 23. searcher, the Nobel Laureate Vladimir tečnosti (KMnO , itd) koje nagrizaju kaučuk. Dovodna cijev Z je za vrijeme da za dostignuća u području hemije/ among which the Nobel Prize for 4 jula/srpnja 1906. godine. Školovao se Prelog. titriranja prazna, ne može dakle nikakva mjerna tekućina nenamjerno dosp- kemije, koja mu je uručena 12. decem- achievements in the field of chemistry, u rodnom gradu, te Zagrebu i Osijeku. jeti u biretu i time uzrokovati pogreške. Aparat, odnosno otopina u boci za bra/prosinca 1975. godine. Professor Prelog was born in Saraje- which was awarded to him on 12 De- Univerzitetsko/sveučilišno obrazova- skladištenje može se protresti, čime će se na stijenkama kondenzovana voda vo on 23 July 1906. He studied in his cember 1975, holds a special place. nje, te doktorat u oblasti hemije/kemije Cijeneći ukupni naučni/znanstveni hometown, and in Zagreb and Osijek. sjediniti sa glavnom količinom. Aparat nije lomljiv i lagan je za prenošenje, stekao je u Češkoj. Kao profesor i istra- angažman ovog velikog istraživača i He received his university degree and Appreciating the overall scientific en- može se lako rastaviti i očistiti. U svrhu lakšeg pomjeranja dovodne cijevi Z – živač djelovao je u Zagrebu i Zürichu. njegovu stalnu borbu za afirmaciju i a doctorate in chemistry in the Czech gagement of this great researcher and treba u T – dijelu spojeve od kaučuka posuti sa malo talkovog praha. Bio je član mnogih akademija nauka/ dignitet nauke/znanosti, te činjenicu da Republic. He worked as a professor his constant struggle for the affirmation znanosti, između ostalih i Akademije Bosna i Hercegovina nema datum na and researcher in Zagreb and Zurich. and dignity of science, and the fact that nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovi- koji bi se simbolično obilježavao dopri- He was a member of many academies Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have ne, te počasni doktor brojnih univer- nos bosanskohercegovačkih naučnika/ of sciences, including the Academy of a date to symbolize the contribution of ziteta/sveučilišta u svijetu. Umro je u znanstvenika naučno/znanstveno-teh- Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Her- B&H scientists to scientific and techno- Zürichu, 7. januara/siječnja 1998. godi- nološkom razvoju na domaćem i me- zegovina, and an honorary doctor of logical development domestically and ne. đunarodnom planu, Federalno mini- numerous universities in the world. He internationally, the Federal Ministry of died in Zurich on 7 January 1998. Education and Science has decided to Dao je veliki doprinos istraživanju he- starstvo obrazovanja i nauke/znanosti Upis Vladimira Preloga u Maticu krštenih Župnog ureda Katedrale presvetog Srca Isusova Faksimil naučnog rada koji je kao petnaestogodišnjak objavio Vladimir Prelog u uglednom Naučni rad koji je kao petnaestogodišnjak objavio Vladimir Prelog u uglednom njemačkom launch the initiative to declare 12 De- terocikličnih spojeva, poput alkaloida je odlučilo pokrenuti inicijativu da se He made a great contribution to the u Sarajevu njemačkom naučnom časopisu „Chemiker-Zeitung“ (Köthen 1921.) naučnom časopisu „Chemiker Zeitung“ (prevela prof. Enisa Simić) cember as the Science Day in the Fed- i antibiotika. U središtu njegovog in- 12. decembar/prosinac proglasi Danom research of heterocyclic compounds, Rodna kuća nobelovca Vladimira Preloga u Sarajevu eration of Bosnia and Herzegovina. teresovanja bila je stereohemija/stere- nauke/znanosti u Federaciji Bosne i such as alkaloids and antibiotics. At Registration of Vladimir Prelog in the Register of Persons Baptized of the Parish Office of Facsimile of a scientific paper published by Vladimir Prelog as a fifteen-year-old in a pres- A scientific paper published by Vladimir Prelog as a fifteen-year-old in a prestigious the Cathedral of Jesus’ Sacred Heart in Sarajevo The birth house of the Nobel Laureate Vladimir Prelog in Sarajevo tigious German scientific journal “Chemiker - Zeitung” (Köthen 1921) German scientific journal “Chemiker - Zeitung” (translated by Prof. Enisa Simić) okemija molekula, odnosno njihova Hercegovine. the center of his interest was the ste- prostorna građa. U oblast prirodnih reochemistry of molecules and their