Polish Academy of Sciences
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The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw
, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences
.
state learned institution, headquartered in Warsaw
, that was established in 1952 by the merger of earlier learned societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning
(Polska Akademia Umiejętności, abbreviated PAU), with its seat in Kraków
, and the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, which had been founded in the late 18th century.
The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected corporation of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating through its committees, become a major scientific advisory body.
Another aspect of the Academy is its coordination and overseeing of numerous (several dozens) of research institutes. PAN institutes employ over 2,000 people, and are funded by about a third of the Polish government's budget for science.
In 1989, the Polish Academy of Learning
, in Kraków, resumed its independent existence, separate from the Polish Academy of Sciences, in Warsaw.
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences
Academy of Sciences
An Academy of Sciences is a national academy or another learned society dedicated to sciences.In non-English speaking countries, the range of academic fields of the members of a national Academy of Science often includes fields which would not normally be classed as "science" in English...
.
History
The Polish Academy of Sciences (Polish: Polska Akademia Nauk, abbreviated PAN) is a PolishPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
state learned institution, headquartered in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, that was established in 1952 by the merger of earlier learned societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning
Polish Academy of Learning
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning , headquartered in Kraków, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences....
(Polska Akademia Umiejętności, abbreviated PAU), with its seat in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, and the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, which had been founded in the late 18th century.
The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected corporation of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating through its committees, become a major scientific advisory body.
Another aspect of the Academy is its coordination and overseeing of numerous (several dozens) of research institutes. PAN institutes employ over 2,000 people, and are funded by about a third of the Polish government's budget for science.
In 1989, the Polish Academy of Learning
Polish Academy of Learning
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning , headquartered in Kraków, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences....
, in Kraków, resumed its independent existence, separate from the Polish Academy of Sciences, in Warsaw.
Institutes
The Polish Academy of Sciences includes numerous institutes, such as:- Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of SciencesThe Institute for the History of Science was established in 1954 as an institution of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland.- Overview :The Institute is located in the Staszic Palace in the center of Warsaw near the Copernicus monument. In the rank of founders were professors: Bogdan Suchodolski...
- Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Economics of the Polish Academy of SciencesInstitute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences is a Polish research center on economic and business studies. It was founded on December 10, 1980. Its offices are located in the Staszic Palace and the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Organizationally, it is...
- Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of SciencesMammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of SciencesThe Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences is a research institution located in the heart of Europe’s best preserved lowland forest, Białowieża Primeval Forest in Poland...
- Nencki Institute of Experimental BiologyNencki Institute of Experimental BiologyThe Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology is a scientific research organization headquartered in Warsaw.- Early history :It was founded in 1918/19, shortly after the reestablishment of Poland as an independent country...
- Polish Institute of Physical ChemistryPolish Institute of Physical ChemistryPolish Institute of Physical Chemistry is one of numerous institutes belonging to the Polish Academy of Sciences. As its name suggests, the institute's primary research interests are in the field of physical chemistry...
Noted members
- Tomasz Dietl, physicist
- Maria JanionMaria JanionMaria Janion is a Polish scholar, critic and theoretician of literature as well as a renowned feminist. She is a Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Romanticism.Janion is also a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. She...
, scholar, critic and theoretician of literature - Zbigniew Jedliński, chemist
- Franciszek KokotFranciszek KokotFranciszek Kokot is a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. Kokot is known as the pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe. He is a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, having previously served as its rector....
, nephrologist - Leszek Kołakowski, philosopher
- Roman KozłowskiRoman KozłowskiRoman Kozłowski was a Polish palaeontologist, best known for his work on graptolites.Kozłowski was born in Włocławek. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and founder of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica...
, paleontologist - Rafal OhmeRafal OhmeRafał Krzysztof Ohme is a professor of psychology, expert in persuasion and unconscious processes. In 1995-1996 he held the Fulbright Scholarship at Kellogg School of Management where he learned advertising from Brian Sternthal...
, social psychologist - Bohdan PaczyńskiBohdan PaczynskiBohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski was a Polish astronomer, a leading scientist in theory of the evolution of stars, accretion discs and gamma ray bursts....
, astrophysicist - Andrzej SchinzelAndrzej SchinzelAndrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel is a Polish mathematician, studying mainly number theory.- Biography :Schinzel received his Ph.D...
, mathematician - Andrzej TrautmanAndrzej TrautmanAndrzej Mariusz Trautman is a leading mathematical physicist who has made important contributions to classical gravitation in general and to general relativity in particular....
, physicist - Aleksander WolszczanAleksander WolszczanAleksander Wolszczan is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.- Scientific career :...
, astronomer - Czeslaw Olech, mathematician
Foreign members
- Aage Bohr, physicist
- Karl Alexander MüllerKarl Alexander MüllerKarl Alexander Müller is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Johannes Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.-Biography:...
, physicist - Roger PenroseRoger PenroseSir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
, mathematician - Carlo RubbiaCarlo RubbiaCarlo Rubbia Knight Grand Cross is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.-Biography:...
, physicist - Boleslaw SzymanskiBoleslaw SzymanskiBoleslaw Karl Szymanski is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Founding Head of the Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He's known for multiple contributions into computer science, including Szymanski's Algorithm.-Current Work:Dr...
, computer scientist - Chen Ning Yang, physicist
- George ZarneckiGeorge ZarneckiGeorge Jerzy Zarnecki, CBE, FBA, FSA was a Polish-English Professor of Art history. He was a scholar of Medieval art and English Romanesque sculpture, an area of study where he did pioneering research....
, art historian
Periodicals
- Acta ArithmeticaActa ArithmeticaActa Arithmetica is a scientific journal of mathematics publishing papers on number theory. It was established in 1935 by Salomon Lubelski and Arnold Walfisz. The journal is published by the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences....
- Acta OrnithologicaActa OrnithologicaActa Ornithologica is an ornithological scientific periodical published in Poland by the Polish Academy of Sciences, ISSN 0001-6454. It is in English with summaries in Polish. Established in 1933 as Acta Ornithologica Musei Zoologici Polonici. Since 1953 continued under the present...
- Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaActa Palaeontologica PolonicaActa Palaeontologica Polonica is a peer-reviewed open access journal of paleontology and paleobiology, founded by Roman Kozłowski in 1956. It is published by the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and edited by Richard L...
- Acta Physica PolonicaActa Physica PolonicaActa Physica Polonica is a peer-reviewed physics journal that publishes original research articles. In 1970 it was split into Acta Physica Polonica A , whose scope includes general physics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics and cross-disciplinary topics, and Acta Physica...
- Archaeologia PolonaArchaeologia PolonaArchaeologia Polona is an academic journal of archaeology published in English annually since 1958 by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The journal focuses on contemporary archeology with particular respect to Poland....
- Fundamenta MathematicaeFundamenta MathematicaeFundamenta Mathematicae is a scientific journal of mathematics with a special focus on the foundations of mathematics. At present, it concentrates on papers devoted to set theory, mathematical logic, topology and its interactions with algebra, and dynamical systems...
See also
- Academy of SciencesAcademy of SciencesAn Academy of Sciences is a national academy or another learned society dedicated to sciences.In non-English speaking countries, the range of academic fields of the members of a national Academy of Science often includes fields which would not normally be classed as "science" in English...
- French Academy of SciencesFrench Academy of SciencesThe French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
- Polish Academy of LearningPolish Academy of LearningThe Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning , headquartered in Kraków, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences....
(headquartered in KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
) - Poznań Society of Friends of Learning
- Royal SocietyRoyal SocietyThe Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
- UnipressUnipressInstitute of High Pressure Physics, also known as Unipress is a scientific institute founded in 1972 by the Polish Academy of Sciences .-The main fields of activity:* Biological materials...
- Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning