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Originally Russian expression for self-publishing widely used among dissents of former Soviet block countries. It included typewriting, copying and distribution by hand of own texts by authors who were not permitted to publish, or of literature which was perceived by the regimes as ideologically inappropriate. This activity or possession of listed books was formally illegal and involved individuals imposed themselves to imprisonment.
Mechanical copying machine which uses carbon paper as printing form.
For the history of the seminar program, see http://web.natur.cuni.cz/flegr/ctvrhist.php.
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I would like to express my gratitude to Jindra Havlickova and Tamsin K. Saxton for their valuable comments on earlier versions of this paper. I am also indebted to Stanislav Komarek and Karel M. Kleisner for providing background information on their research. JH is supported by the Czech Science Foundation grant GACR 406/09/0647 and Czech Ministry of Education grant MSM 0021620843.
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Havlicek, J. The Prague school of Portmannian biology. Acta Biotheor 59, 87–92 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-011-9127-z
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