School by Hron

Who was Jakub Hron Metánovský? An eccentric teacher, a quirky inventor, or a forgotten genius? A professor at the Hradec Králové grammar school whose passion for research, creativity, and teaching knew no boundaries. He became the real-life model for the legendary Jára Cimrman. Karel Čapek called him “the Don Quixote of the 19th century, whose Dulcinea was science.” Drak’s new production sets out on a playful journey through the world of his unexpected ideas, bizarre discoveries, and his boundless passion for knowledge. It takes you on a trip into the soul of a man whose imagination had no limits, for whom experimenting and inventing was the greatest adventure, and who was never discouraged by failure. Yet, there were plenty of those!

Join us for his curious, extraordinary lesson in natural science. With the help of his fellow co-scrutinizers: the physical quantities span, massiness, temperature, and etheric force, he will reveal the world as you have never seen it before. He will explain what you never knew, and what you never knew you wanted to know. He will solve problems you never knew you had. He will invite you into his all-embracing cosmos of thoughts and visions, where a meter is a meter, and yet is not. He will offer for your delight and amazement a palette of inventions that make the world a better place. Or at least a happier one. Above all, he will infect you with his inexhaustible passion for discovery, thinking, and learning. For knowledge is pure joy! Who knows it not, knows naught. Indeed!

Škola Hron – foto Pavel Pljuskov