200 lat Obserwatorium Astronomicznego UW
Two Hundred Years of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw

Contributor(s): Jarosław Włodarczyk (Editor)
Subject(s): History, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw; astronomy; history of Polish science; history of technology; memoirs of scientists
Summary/Abstract: The publication is the first such extensive study of the history of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, which in 2025 celebrates its 200th anniversary. It is divided into two main parts: it shows both the history of the Observatory and the people who created and developed it. Owing to the wealth of sources, archival documents, memoirs and iconographic materials, the book allows to fully understand the role this institution played in Polish and world science.

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