About the project
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Karol Nawrocki: Polish Giants of Science
It is a unique publication that we are sharing with you. Developed by the scholars associated with the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and co-published by the IPN, the work profiles over 1,300 of the greatest Polish brains who went down in history.
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PRESS RELEASE: “Giants of Polish Science”: the IPN on the contribution of Polish scientists to the civilizational progress – a press conference
Polish scientists authored the most famous inventions and breakthroughs that changed our lives. It was Poles who laid the foundations of modern electronics, found the basic ingredient of fertilizers, built the most famous radio in the world (the walkie-talkie), devised a mine detector used by all modern armies, and were behind the creation of a hydrogen bomb, the first lunar vehicle, or a hologram.
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Prof. Bolesław Orłowski: Polish contribution to natural sciences and technology – an abstract
Until the partition of Poland, Poles had mostly been passive participants in European culture. The wave of emigrants after the fall of the November Uprising had the opportunity to study at French universities, primarily in professions useful to the military, with a view to liberate and modernize their homeland. The emigration fueled by waves of refugees from subsequent Polish uprisings gradually scattered around the world, carrying out the mission to promote civilizational progress.
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The Phenomenon of Polishness, an interview with Bolesław Orłowski
On the 3 May the Institute of National Remembrance released a documentary titled “The Phenomenon of Polishness”. It is a story about prof. Bolesław Orłowski, who has been researching and promoting Polish contributions to the development of world science and technology for years. Maciej Kwaśniewski interviews prof. Orłowski about his mission.
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What you need to know about the "Giants of Science" project
The Institute of National Remembrance wants to remind the world just how much Polish scientists and inventors changed the world, and how big their contribution to the development of several nations was.
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