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Maria Skłodowska-Curie i Ernest Rutherford – przyjaźń, współpraca i rywalizacja

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nr 4

25–42

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For the first quarter of the 20th century, the Curie Laboratory and the Ernest Rutherford Laboratory were the two main research centers for radioactivity. Both dealt with the same field, but had different priorities from the beginning. The Paris laboratory focused on discovering and studying the properties of new radioactive elements, while Rutherford in his laboratories in Montreal, and later in Manchester and Cambridge, tried, above all, to explain the very nature of radioactivity. There was a clear competition between the two laboratories, which, however, did not preclude personal and scholarly cooperation between their heads of research, i.e. Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Ernest Rutherford. The article discusses the main topics of this collaboration, such as developing a radium template, assigning scientific terminology, organizing scientific conferences, and preparing students. In addition, a few passages were devoted to the private relations between both scientists, which had a direct impact on their collaboration.

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Giovanni Maver (1891–1970). Włoski promotor polskiej nauki i literatury

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Piskurewicz J.

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nr 2

265-287

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Giovanni Maver, najwybitniejszy włoski polonista, to postać bardzo zasłużona dla rozwoju relacji naukowych i kulturalnych Polski z Włochami w XX wieku. Jest on znany przede wszystkim jako autor licznych opracowań, wykładowca, kierownik katedry języka i literatury polskiej na Uniwersytecie Rzymskim, a także współpracownik polskich instytucji naukowych i kulturalnych we Włoszech i w Polsce. Tej jego działalności dotyczy niniejszy artykuł. Największą zasługę w pozyskaniu Mavera dla kultury i nauki polskiej miał jego długoletni przyjaciel, wybitny historyk literatury Roman Pollak. W artykule jest więc także mowa o ich osobistych kontaktach i współpracy, o więzi trwającej aż do końca życia.

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Giovanni Maver, the most outstanding Italian researcher in Polish Studies, is a meritorious figure for the development of the 20th century Polish scientific and cultural relations with Italy. He is known first and foremost as the author of numerous studies, as a scholar, Head of the Chair for Polish Language and Literature, the University of Rome, and also as a collaborator with many Polish academic and cultural institutions in Italy and in Poland. This collaboration is made the subject of the present paper. Roman Pollak, an illustrious literary historian and Maver’s long-time friend, proved to have had greatest contribution in acquiring him for the Polish Studies. The article also touches their private contacts, cooperation, and bonds that lasted until the end of Maver’s life.

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Sprawa katedry w Collège de France dla Alberta Einsteina – w świetle jego korespondencji

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Piskurewicz J.

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nr 3

61–71

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The article discusses the affair of chair for Einstein, offered to him by the French government and French scientists in 1933, when Einstein was forced to leave Germany after Hitler’s accession to power. The article is based on Einstein’s correspondence with French scientists and representatives of the French government. Relations between Einstein and the French scientific circles are also presented in the article. Certain opinions referring to the affair of chair for him in France in 1933, as expressed by Einstein’s’ biographers, are corrected as well. The article consti¬tutes a significant contribution to Albert Einstein’s biography and includes the description of the situation of German scientists of Jewish origin leaving Germany after Nazi accession to power.

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ARTUR WOLYNSKI - A FORGOTTEN POLISH HISTORIAN IN ITALY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY (Artur Wolynski - zapomniany historyk polski we Wloszech w drugiej polowie XIX wieku)

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Piskurewicz J.

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nr 1

41-66

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Artur Wolynski (1844-1893) was, undoubtedly, one of the most interesting personages of Polish émigrés after January Uprising. He belonged to these circles of Polish émigrés, who were able to reconcile their patriotic aspirations with realities and interest of the countries that entertained them. As far as Wolynski is concerned, it found its expression in the efforts that were made in order to assimilate two nations - Polish and Italian people - appealing to the common history and familiar cultural traditions. An important element of integrating all the above-discussed actions was his scientific activity. The mentioned activity included, first of all, his studies on Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei. In the article were analyzed more comprehensive scientific descriptions dedicated to Copernicus and Galileo prepared by Wolynski, and their significance and opinions on them of the learned, whose works treated on Copernicus and Galileo as well. Secondly, in the field of scientific activity of Wolynski, one can also observe his researches and the process of elaborating sources for Polish and Italian history, particularly concerning the 17th century. However, most of his attention Wolynski paid to collecting and working out the materials concerning January Uprising. Speaking a modern language, one can say that Wolynski in a way polled the insurgents of January Uprising sending to them an appropriate list of questions, additionally allowing for their biographies. In the paper was also included a detailed description of this broad initiative together with its results. Up till now, not much attention has been paid to this significant scientific activity and its contexts. So, the present article is to remind of meritorious personage of Wolynski, and particularly of his output within the realm of history of science, history of Polish and Italian relationships, and of the role he played in bequeathing memory of January Uprising.

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Z dystansem i ironią. Zofia Kozarynowa (1890–1992)

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Piskurewicz J.

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2023

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tom 114

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nr 4

223-238

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W roku 2022 minęło 30 lat od śmierci Zofii Kozarynowej – pisarki, publicystki, tłumaczki, w latach 1929–1939 lektorki języka polskiego na Uniwersytecie w Turynie, nestorki polskiej literatury emigracyjnej. W artykule przedstawiono biografię i znaczący dorobek Kozarynowej oraz przybliżono ciekawą, kontrowersyjną osobowość, która stymulowała jej wielostronną aktywność. Pokazano też środowisko rodzinne i społeczne, z którego wywodziła się pisarka, a także środowiska, w których żyła i pracowała, najpierw w Polsce, a następnie we Włoszech i w Wielkiej Brytanii.

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The year 2022 marks 30 years since the passing of Zofia Kozarynowa—a writer, publicist, translator, Polish language instructor at the University of Turin between 1929 and 1939, Polish emigration literature nestor. The paper presents Kozarynowa’s biography and her large output, as well as describes this interesting and controversial personality that stimulated her versatile activity. Additionally, it shows the family and social circle from which she originated, and the communities she lived in and worked with first in Poland, then in Italy, and ultimately in Great Britain.