Popular sciences

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN

1731-7401

Publishers

Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)

Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl

Volumes

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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 2

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2 Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 3

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3 Extraordinary Careers

Magdalena Gawin

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 4-7

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Abstract

There has only been one occasion in the history of the Nobel Prize when a mother and daughter were awarded a total of three prizes. This feat was achieved by Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Irene Curie-Joliot.

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Authors and Affiliations

Magdalena Gawin

4 Radium: The Cornerstone

Barbara Gwiazdowska , Jerzy Tołwiński , Wojciech Bulski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 8-11

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Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the late 19th century - the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen in 1895, and of radium by Pierre and Marie Skłodowska-Curie in 1898 - ushered in a new era in cancer treatment.

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Authors and Affiliations

Barbara Gwiazdowska

Jerzy Tołwiński

Wojciech Bulski

5 In Their Own Name

Jerzy Strzelczyk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 12-14

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Jerzy Strzelczyk

6 Two Dimensions of Graphene

Andrzej Wysmołek , Jakub Tworzydło , Aneta Drabińska , Jacek Baranowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 16-19

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Abstract

Last year, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for research on graphene - a two-dimensional, flat form of carbon, forming a honeycomb crystal just a single atom thick.

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Authors and Affiliations

Andrzej Wysmołek

Jakub Tworzydło

Aneta Drabińska

Jacek Baranowski

7 Marie on the Threshold

Jan Piskurewicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 20-23

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The story of Marie Skłodowska-Curie's bid for membership in the French Academy of Sciences highlights the problems the Polish scientist faced as both a woman and a foreigner.

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Jan Piskurewicz

8 Locked Away Forever?

Arkadiusz Gąsiński , Stanisław Speczik

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 24-26

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Abstract

Nuclear power plants are playing an increasingly important role in energy production in many European countries. One of the key problems that arise as a result is what to do with the high volume of nuclear waste.

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