Marian Smoluchowski Medal

	Marian Smoluchowski Medal The Marian Smoluchowski Medal is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Physical Society (''Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, PTF'') for contributions in the field of physics. Description The medal was established in 1965 and is the highest award presented by the Polish Physical Society. It was named in honour of physicist Marian Smoluchowski (1872 – 1917). It is awarded to scientists whose work significantly contributed to the advancement of one of the branches of physics irrespective of the scientific degree, place of work or nationality of the laureate. It can be given for a single published work or as a lifetime achievement award. It is conferred by the Awards Committee of the Polish Physical Society, currently, no more than once a year. Laureates The list of scientists awarded with Marian Smoluchowski Medal: * Iwo Białynicki-Birula (2021) * Józef Spałek (2019) * Jerzy Lukierski (2017) * Henryk Szymczak (2015) not awarded (2014) Jan Misiewicz (2013) * Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Polish Physical Society The Polish Physical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, PTF) is a professional scientific society of Polish physicists. History The Polish Physical Society was established during an organizational meeting on 11 April 1920 in Warsaw. Władysław Natanson was appointed the first president of the society. In 1932, the society's reports were reorganized into science journal ''Acta Physica Polonica''. In 1949, the first issue of ''Postępy Fizyki'' magazine was published. Since 1951, the Polish Physical Society has been organizing physics olympiads across Poland. In 1970, the first issue of ''Reports on Mathematical Physics'' was published in Toruń. In 2005, the first direct elections of the society's governing body were held using electronic voting. In 2006, PTF has become a public benefit organization. The society has 1977 ordinary members as well as 18 supporting members. It consists of 19 regional centres located in Bydgoszcz, Białystok, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gliwice, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stefan Pokorski Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writer Helmut Flieg (1913–2001) * Stefan (honorific), a Serbian title * ''Stefan'' (album), a 1987 album by Dennis González See also * Stefan number, a dimensionless number used in heat transfer * Sveti Stefan or Saint Stefan, a small islet in Montenegro * Stefanus (other) Stefanus may refer to: * A variation of the given name Stephen, particularly in regard to: ** Saint Stephen, first martyr of Christianity * St. Stefanus, Ghent, a Catholic church in Belgium dedicated to Saint Stephen * Stefanus Prize, a human righ ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Andrzej Hrynkiewicz Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and martyr * Andrzej Chyra (born 1964), Polish actor * Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier * Andrzej Duda (born 1972), Polish 6th president * Andrzej Jajszczyk, Polish scientist * Andrzej Kmicic, fictional protagonist of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel ''The Deluge'' * Andrzej Kokowski (born 1953), Polish archaeologist * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-British cartoonist and illustrator * Andrzej Leder (born 1960), Polish philosopher and psychotherapist * Andrzej Mazurczak (born 1993), Polish basketball player * Andrzej Mleczko (born 1949), Polish illustrator * Andrzej Nowacki (born 1953), Polish artist * Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1938), Polish historian * Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991), Polish composer * Andrzej Person, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Władysław Świątecki (physicist) Władysław J. (Wladek) Świątecki (22 April 1926 – 30 September 2009) was a Polish theoretical and nuclear physicist. He was one of the first proponents of the island of stability for superheavy elements, showing that it appears in a mass formula influenced by the presence of closed nuclear shells; he is also known for several other contributions in nuclear structure research. Biography Świątecki was born in Paris on 22 April 1926. His father, also named Władysław Świątecki, was an inventor and aeronautical engineer. Świątecki lived in Poland with his family until September 1939, when they escaped to France following the invasion of Poland and start of World War II, only to flee again to England in May 1940. Świątecki continued his education in England. In 1945 and 1946 respectively, Świątecki completed Bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics. In 1950, under the guidance of Rudolf Peierls, he received his Ph.D. in physics for his thesis entitled "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacek Prentki Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto ( Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto ( Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of hypocorising through apheresis). The name Jacek might refer to: * Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz Jacek Bąk, footballer * Jacek Bednarek, racewalker * Jacek Bogucki, politician Jacek Bury, Senator Jacek Cichocki, politician * Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer Jacek Dukaj, science fiction writer Jacek Falfus, politician Jacek Gmoch, footballer Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper Jacek Huchwajda, fencer Jacek Jezierski, writer and businessmen * Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian Jacek Kaczmarski, singer, songwriter, dissident Jacek Karpiński, computer scientist and engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arnold Wolfendale Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020)GRO Register of Births: SEP 1927 6d 1198a RUGBY – Arnold W. Wolfendale, mmn = Hoyle''The Times'', 30 December 2020, p49 (Subscription required) was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001).Prof Sir Arnold Wolfendale, Debretts Biography He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983. Education and background His family moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stanisław Kielich Stanislav and variants may refer to: People Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, California * Stanislaus River, California * Stanislaus National Forest, California * Place Stanislas, a square in Nancy, France, World Heritage Site of UNESCO * Saint-Stanislas, Mauricie, Quebec, a Canadian municipality * Stanizlav, a fictional train depot in the game '' TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'' * Stanislau, German name of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Schools * St. Stanislaus High School, an institution in Bandra, Mumbai, India * St. Stanislaus High School (Detroit) * Collège Stanislas de Paris, an institution in Paris, France * California State University, Stanislaus, a public university in Turlock, CA * St Stanislaus College (Bathurst), a secondary school in Bathurst, Australia * St. Stanislaus College (Guyana), a secondary school in Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ryszard Sosnowski Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to: Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian origin * Ryszard Bartel (1897–1982), Polish engineer, aircraft designer, pioneer and aviator Ryszard Bender (born 1932), Polish politician and historian, specialist in the history of the January Uprising Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński (1817–1879), Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist * Ryszard Białous (1914–1992), Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi Ryszard Bober (born 1956), Polish politician, Vice-Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly Ryszard Bogusz (born 1951), Lutheran theologian, bishop of the diocese Wroclaw of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland Ryszard Bolesławski (1889–1937), Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting Ryszard Bosek (born 1950), fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Włodzimierz Zawadzki (physicist) Włodzimierz Jan Zawadzki (born 28 September 1967 in Polany, Poland) is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzeł Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa (since 1987). He was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the Men's Featherweight (57-62 kg) category. Medalist of wrestling world championships (silver: 1995, 2002; bronze: 1994, 1997), wrestling European championships (gold: 1991, 1995, 1999; bronze: 2001). For his sport achievements, he received: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ... (5th Class) in 1996. Referencessports-reference* * External links * 1967 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Poland Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kacper Zalewski Kacper is a predominantly Polish masculine given name a variant of Caspar. Notable people called Kacper include: * Kacper Denhoff (1587–1645), Baltic-German noble of the Holy Roman Empire; a noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Governor of Dorpat Province Kacper Filipiak (born 1995), Polish former professional snooker player Kacper Gomolski (born 1993), Polish motorcycle speedway rider who rides for the Poole Pirates in the Elite League Kacper Kosinski, member of ''The Analogs'', a Polish street punk band Kacper Kozłowski (born 1986), Polish sprint athlete who specializes in the 400 metres Kacper Ławski (born 1985), Polish rugby player, second or third line of the lock in the French club CS Vienne Kacper Łazaj (born 1995), Polish footballer * Kacper Majchrzak (born 1992), Polish swimmer * Bronislaw Kacper Malinowski (1884–1942), Polish anthropologist * Kacper Piechocki (born 1995), Polish volleyball player * Kacper Piorun (born 1991), Polish chess grandmaster ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski (Polish pronunciation: ''Vrooblevski'', born 7 August 1933 in Warsaw) – Polish experimental physicist, ordinary professor doctor habilitatus (since 1971), dean of the Physics Department Warsaw University (1986–1989), Rector of the Warsaw University (1989–1993), President of the Academic Council of the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the PAS (since 1976), Warsaw Scientific Society (since 1983), Polish Physical Society and Polish Astronomical Society. Scholarly activity Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski works at the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Physics Department, Warsaw University. He specializes in elementary particle physics (high energy physics) i.e. Soft Hadron Physics (1990), New AMY and DELPHI multiplicity data and the log-normal distribution (with co-authors; 1990), Genesis of the lognormal multiplicity distribution in the e² e²- collisions and other stochastic processes (with co-author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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