Źródła do historii nauk ścisłych XIX/XX w. w Archiwum Polskiej Akademii Nauk

• Autorzy: Kulecka, A.

Warianty tytułu

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Sources for the history of the exact sciences in 19th and 20th centuries in the archives of the Polish Academy of Sciences

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

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In the article the author presents the personal archives of Polish scientists in the following disciplines: astronomy, physics, mathematics and chemistry. The aim is to provide information that would go beyond general data on the particular batches of archival materials. It contains information on various levels of archival grouping, covering not only fonds but also units of archival materials, groups of documents or single documents. For astronomy, the materials that have received most attention in the paper are those relating to Władysław Dziewulski (1878-1968), Professorat the Stefan Batory University in Wilno (Vilnius) and the Nicholaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the initiator and head of the astronomic observatories at those two universities. In the field of physics, material relating to the following scientists has been analyzed: Klemens Eugeniusz Dziewulski (1842- 1889), laboratory worker at the chair of experimental physics of the Polish-language University in Warsaw (Szkoła Główna) and then the Russian-language Imperial Warsaw University; Stanisław Kalinowski (1873-1946), Professor of the Warsaw Polytechnic (known under the English name of Warsaw Technical University), and Wolna Wszechnica Polska (an open university), the founder and head of the Geophysical Observatory at Świder and of the Physical Institute of the Museum of Industry and Agriculture, who was also a deputy and senator of the Polish parliament; Ludwik Wertenstein (1882-1945), Professor of Radiology at the Wolna Wszechnica Polska; Mieczysław Woflke (1883- 1947), Dozent at the Zurich University and Professor at the Warsaw Polytechnic. For mathematics, the archives relating to the following scientists have been presented: Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896-1980), Professor at the University of Wrasaw and at the Lwow Polytechnic; Wacław Sierpiński (1882-1969), Professor at the University of Warsaw and the University of Lwow; Hugo S teinhaus ( 1887-1972) Professor at the University of Lwow and the University of Wrocław. As for chemistry, the materials that have been presented relate to Tadeusz Urbański (1901-1985), Professor at the Warsaw Polytechnic, at the Military Academy of Technology, and at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The archival materials presented in the article contain a wealth of information illustrating various aspects of the scientists' activity in the areas of science in which they were engaged, thus making a valuable contribution to Poland's cultural heritage.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Polska Akademia Nauk; archiwalia; materiały naukowe

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Polish Academy of Sciences; archives; teaching materials

• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: R. 43, nr 1
• Strony: 77--114
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 138 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kulecka, A.

• Warszawa