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Frederic Chopin

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Frederic Chopin

Biography

Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuosos pianist of the Romantic era. He was born on 22nd February or 1st March 1810 in Żelazowa Wola and died on 17th October 1849 in Paris. The feature of the works of Chopin was capitalised on the stylistic patterns of Polish folk music. Chopin composed 9 Polonaises, 57 Mazurkas, 21 Nocturnes, 4 Scherzo, 4 Ballads, 2 Etudes, 24 Preludes, 3 Sonatas, 2 Concerts and a dozen songs for voice and piano.

The most important works

The most famous works are:• "Etiude revolutionary" in C - minor• Polonais As - dur• " 'Prelude ' in the Rain" in Des - dur• Sonata in B - minor• "Action Waltz" Des - dur• Piano Concerto in F- minor• Piano Concerto in E - minor• Scherzo H - minor

Portrait of Frederic Chopin

Monument to Frederic Chopin

She was born on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw,

and died on 4 July 1934 in Passy in France. She was a chemist and physicist. Twice Nobel price. Became famous the discover Radium and Polonium.

Maria was born in Warsaw as fifth and last child in known family teaching. Father Władysław Skłodowski was mathematics and physicist. When Maria was 9 years, oldest sister Zofia die on typhoid, on turn 2 yers later when Maria was 11 yers die her mother, which years ill on tuberculosis.

Then educated in female governmet secondary school, which completed in 1883 years with gold medal. After returning to Warsaw gave tutoring of mathematics,physics and foreign languages. She knew: Polish,Russian,German,englisch and French.

The end year 1897 Maria Skłodowska Curie seeking subject to hearing to obtain the deegre of doctor taken first research with rays Becquerel. Maria taking scientific work the radiation discovered by Becquerela applied instead photographic film very sensitive electrometer.

Polish poet who explored philosophical, moral, and ethical issues with intelligence and empathy.

In 1996 she received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Her work has been translated into English and many European languages, as well as into Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese.

Prizes and Awards

1954: The City of Kraków Prize for Literature 1963: The Polish Ministry of Culture Prize 1991: The Goethe Prize 1995: The Herder Prize 1995: Honorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań) 1996: The Polish PEN Club prize 1996: Nobel Prize for Literature 2011: Order of the White Eagle

Szymborska was born on 2 July 1923 in Prowent. She later moved to Kraków in 1931 and studied literature and sociology at the Jagiellonian University there between 1945 and 1948. Her first published poem, “Szukam słowa” (“I Seek the Word”), appeared in a Kraków newspaper in March 1945. Her first volume of poetry, Dlatego żyjemy (1952; “That's Why We Are Alive”), was an attempt to conform to Socialist Realism, the officially approved literary style of Poland's communist regime. In 1953 she joined the editorial staff of Życie Literackie (“Literary Life”), a weekly magazine of intellectual interests, and remained there until 1981. During this period she gained a reputation not only as a poet but also as a book reviewer and translator of French poetry. In the 1980s she wrote for the underground press under the pseudonym Stancykówna and for a magazine in Paris. Wisława Szymborska died 1 February 2012 at home in Kraków, aged 88.

 Polish radioastronomer , academic teacher, co-discoverer of the first extrasolar planets, professor at university in Pensylvania, received his PhD at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

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Aleksander Wolszczan has been interedted in stars since his childhood. He said that he was inspired by his father who was telling him various history about constellation ,for exemple Greek, Rome and China legends. When he was 7 years old he arleady knew base knowledge about astronomy. He observed the moons of Jupiter from the attic of his house. He used a telescope made by himself. As a student of secondary school he won an astronomy contest.

After he had graduated from high school he came to Toruń to study stronomy.During his studying he worked as a technology intern. He finished college in 1969. In 1973 as an senior assistant he came to Max-Planck-Institute of Radioastronomie w Bonn , which disposed of radiotelescope Effelsberg. In 1975 he got PhD.

From the begining of martial law in Poland he came out to Bonn again where he received a lot of propositions to work in American agencies. He decided to departure to  Cornell University– university which had the biggest radiotelescope in the world. It is near  Arecibo , on Portoryko island. In 1990 he obtained opportunity to take advantage of radiotelescope to implemen his own research project.

In 1991 in Arecibo observatory Aleksander Wolszczan identifed pulsar PSR B1257+12. Then he transpired that the pulsar has got at least three moons are circulating around the planet. It was the first extrasolar planet recognise by a human being. Next observations allowed to ascertain that in fact around PSR 1257+12 four moons are circulating. This discover was paraded in official in 1992 on American Company of Astronomy in Atlanta and also in "Nature„ magazine. The results of his researches were publiced by Wolszczan in 1994 in „Science„ magazine.

Since 1922 Aleksander Wolszczan has been conducting research at  State Univesity  in  Pensylvania. From his initative, Physical Institute  in Szczecin University, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics was established.

Arecibo PSR 1257+12

Justyna KowalczykJustyna Kowalczyk is a polish cross country skier. She’s very popular, not only in Poland. Justyna has been competiting since 2001 and over these years she has won the titles inter alia of double Olymphic Champion and double World Champion. She was born in 1983, in Limanowa – small, polish town. Justyna is 31 years old. Her height is 1.73m and she’s well-built woman.

Maryla RodowiczMaryla Rodowicz was born as Maria Antonina Rodowicz in 1945, in Zielona Góra. She’s been a Polish singer since 1967. Rodowicz is also an actress. Maryla is 68 years old, and she’s still popular – in special events in the year she sings in colourful costumes. I think she’s an energetic and creative person. The singer has a lot of fans.

MargaretMałgorzata Jamroży – known by her stage name Margaret, was born on June 30, 1991. She’s a young Polish singer and fashion blogger. Her first debiut single ’Thank You Very Much’ made her very popular in Europe. She has a lot of Italian, Polish and German fans. Margaret is a really talented singer. She loves music and she can also play saxophone. Małgorzata makes pop music and her fans are waiting for something as big and new as ’Thank You Very Much’!