Silesian research
The Case of Silesian Voivodeship, or Microgeography of the Pandemic
What is the article about?
The article on COVID-19 epidemic in Poland, with particular focus on the Silesian Voivodeship, written by academics from the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management at the University of Silesia – Assoc Prof Robert Krzysztofik, Professor of the University of Silesia, Assoc Prof Iwona
CERN | Updated strategy for the future of particle physics
In June 2020, European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva adopted the updated European Strategy for Particle Physics – document which concerns the future of particle physics in Europe in the global context These provisions are intended to strengthen the leading role of our continent in the field of this fundamental research,
Polar explorers – specialists in living in isolation | Interview with Dr. Dariusz Ignatiuk
Interview with Dr Dariusz Ignatiuk from the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Silesia, glaciologist associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia for many years, who has stayed in Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen since September 2019, where he works as the Scientific Integration and Data Officer within
Assimilation of Jews in the 19th Century, or What Eliza Orzeszkowa Didn’t Know
19th century is the history of Poles as a nation without a state It was also the time when the Polish national identity was formed The situation back then was very special for the Jews, who comprised 10 per cent of the overall population in Poland prior to the Partitions
Prof Magdalena Piekara, a
UŚKA II – new research boat of the University of Silesia
Scientists associated with the Silesian Water Centre of the University of Silesia in Katowice can conduct research using the newly purchased research boat – UŚKA II
‘For many years we sailed the Troll Master 800 boat, which was called UŚKA However, we could only use in the Goczałkowice water reservoir, where we have conducted
Generalisation of equipartition theorem for quantum systems
|Prof Jerzy Dajka|
In the development of science, especially physics, there were breakthrough moments which radically changed our perspective and understanding of nature Such were the times of developing Newton’s theory of classical particles, Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and finally the times of formulating