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Polish Mathematics in World Science
In the last issue of the Forum, we published the first part of this history of mathematics in Poland. The article below continues the topic with a description of the influence of Polish mathematics on world science. In any discussion of mathematics in Poland, one has to mention Professor J. Łukasiewicz, who created multi-valued logic. […]
Polish Engineer Revolutionizes the Jet Engine
One day towards the end of last year, I read in the Plain Dealer that Professor Wiesław Binienda, Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Akron, was recognized by NASA for his achievements in the area of composite materials and their application to jet engines. At first, I did not recognize the […]
Dr Wojciech Rostafiñski (1921-2002)
We should remind ourselves that Dr. Wojciech Rostafiñski comes from a distinguished line of university professors and highly regarded intellectuals in Poland. Books have been written about them. We mention this, because Dr. Wojciech picked up the torch. He got his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Louvain in Belgium. Employed by NASA Glenn […]