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PROFESSOR PIOTR WOLAŃSKI – COSMIC AUTHORITY, THE PEARL OF POLISH SCIENCE

PROFESOR PIOTR WOLAŃSKI – KOSMICZNY AUTORYTET, PERŁA POLSKIEJ NAUKI

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nr katalogowy: 146684

Prof. dr hab. Piotr Wolański (1942–2023) was one the most outstanding Polish scientists of the recent decades, a visionary who brought the enormous contribution to Polish sector of space science when outlining a series of perspective area of development and hypotheses: those ones concerning the origin of the Moon, or decay of dinosaurs. In his scientific activities, he undertook the subjects connected with the problems of combustion and the methods of diagnostics of combustion processes, explosions and engines, and the collisions with the celestial objects. Space drives, development of multi-use rockets and transfer the discussed knowledge to the students were translated into the defined implementations. The first Polish satellite PW-Sat was constructed under the guidance of the Professor at Warsaw University of Technology and the study direction “Aviation and Space Science” became the permanent specialization in the faculties of Polish technical universities. If we had wanted to describe Prof. Piotr Wolański in a few words, it would be a very difficult task at least as much complicated as the field of his interest, or even as space – impenetrable, and at the same time, open to exploration. To get know Professor, it is not enough to reach to the sources; he always was inclined to the facts (as being the engineer) but the real knowledge about him comes from the persons with whom he spent the time, who he could rely on and who appreciated not only his vast knowledge but also his attitude to other persons. His approach was always friendly, non-schematic, and open to different points of view. As being husband, father and grandfather as well as a boss and associate-in-work, he was unusually modest and person, as well as great authority for his students and for the scientists from around the world. How was his way to the stars commenced? He was born on 16, August, 1942 in a picturesque countryside Milówka[...]

Bibliografia

[1] Wolański P., Piotr Wolański. Moja działalność kosmiczna – wspomnienia, Wydawnictwa Naukowe Instytutu Lotnictwa, Warszawa 2019
[2] Biuletyn Politechniki Warszawskiej: www.biuletyn.pw.edu.pl
[3] Strona domowa prof. Piotra Wolańskiego: https://piotrwolanski.pl/

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