The role of Dr. W. Kretkowski Fund in shaping the Kraków mathematical centre

The main purpose of the article is to present the role of the Dr. Władysław Kretkowski Fund in the development of mathematics in Kraków. Kretkowski graduated in mathematics from Sorbonne (1867) and he received his PhD fr...

SZKOLNICTWO ŚREDNIE I WOJSKOWE 2. KORPUSU POLSKIEGO

Philosophy in science – a case study of the reception of the Special and the General Theory of Relativity in Kraków and Lwów before 1925

A centenary of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity brings forward some questions with regard to the impact of Einstein’s theory on philosophy. This theory, and the chronologically earlier Special Theory of Relativity...

Karl Kolbenheyer (1841–1901) – nauczyciel, przyrodnik, turysta

Karl Kolbenheyer urodził się 28 V 1841 r. w Bielsku. Po ukończeniu gimnazjum w Cieszynie podjął studia z języków klasycznych (łaciny i greki) na uniwersytetach w Wiedniu i w Jenie, a następnie pracował jako profesor gimn...

A SKETCH ON THE CURRENT DEBATE ON SCIENTOMETRICS AND BIBLIOMETRICS VERSUS THE FORGOTTEN SCIENCE OF SCIENCE

In the debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics, taking place in Poland in the last 25 years, a very serious methodical and methodological mistake has been committed by neglecting the reflection about the science of sc...