Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference
The article discusses an extraordinary event, i.e. the First International Cosmic Rays Conference, which took place in Cracow in 1947, shortly after the end of the Second World War. The conference was organized by a group of theoretical physicists from the Jagiellonian University and the Academy of...
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Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
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The article discusses an extraordinary event, i.e. the First International Cosmic Rays Conference, which took place in Cracow in 1947, shortly after the end of the Second World War. The conference was organized by a group of theoretical physicists from the Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Mining under the leadership of Professor Jan Weyssenhoff. The achievements of Polish physicists, especially Cracow scientists, who were involved in the study of cosmic radiation in the 1930s and 1940s are reminded of in this article. The author recalls names of outstanding physicists representing the most wellknown research centers in Europe and the United States during the Conference. The article was enriched with photographs taken during the Conference and numerous unofficial meetings that took place in October 1947 in Cracow. The author of the pictures, Andrzej Hrynkiewicz, was a young scientist, and later professor of nuclear physics at the Jagiellonian University and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c2141711fea34ed3af655f9dea1dde302025-01-31T23:46:02ZengPolish Academy of Arts and SciencesStudia Historiae Scientiarum2451-32022543-702X2018-12-0117Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays ConferenceMaria Pawłowska0Uniersytet Jagielloński, Biblioteka Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej (Kraków) The article discusses an extraordinary event, i.e. the First International Cosmic Rays Conference, which took place in Cracow in 1947, shortly after the end of the Second World War. The conference was organized by a group of theoretical physicists from the Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Mining under the leadership of Professor Jan Weyssenhoff. The achievements of Polish physicists, especially Cracow scientists, who were involved in the study of cosmic radiation in the 1930s and 1940s are reminded of in this article. The author recalls names of outstanding physicists representing the most wellknown research centers in Europe and the United States during the Conference. The article was enriched with photographs taken during the Conference and numerous unofficial meetings that took place in October 1947 in Cracow. The author of the pictures, Andrzej Hrynkiewicz, was a young scientist, and later professor of nuclear physics at the Jagiellonian University and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/6875history of sciencehistory of physics in CracowI International Cosmic Rays Conference (1947)cosmic ray physics (research)Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University |
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| title | Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference |
| title_full | Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference |
| title_short | Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference |
| title_sort | physicists in cracow on the 70th anniversary of the first international cosmic rays conference |
| topic | history of science history of physics in Cracow I International Cosmic Rays Conference (1947) cosmic ray physics (research) Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University |
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