Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, active in 1953 – 1992, or earlier institutions, such as the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts (originally the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts), founded in 1890, or the Royal Bohemia The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures - Martin Franc, Vlasta Mádlová od authora Martin Franc, Vlasta Mádlová a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.