Here are posts labelled "Poland" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Jacob Bronowski
- Birth: January 18, 1908, Lodz, Poland
- Death: August 22, 1974, East Hampton, New York, USA
- Language: Polish, English
- Who he was: Polish-born British mathematician, historian of science, and poet; The Ascent of Man
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Birth: November 21, 1902, Leoncin, Poland
- Death: July 24, 1991, Surfside, Florida, USA
- Language: Yiddish, English
- Who he was: Polish-born American author in Yiddish; The Magician of Lublin; A Day of Pleasure; A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories; Nobel Prize in Literature,
(1978)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 3); Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Carl von Clausewitz
- Birth: June 1, 1780, Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany
- Death: November 16, 1831, Wrocław, Poland
- Language: German
- Who he was: Prussian general and philosopher; Vom Kriege (On War)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Sholem Asch
- Birth: November 1, 1880, Kutno, Poland
- Death: July 10, 1957, London, England, UK
- Language: Yiddish
- Who he was: Polish-American Yiddish novelist, dramatist, and essayist; Three Cities; The Nazarene; The Apostle; Mary; Tales of My People (short stories)
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Marie Skłodowska Curie
- Known as: Marie Curie, "Madame Curie"
- Birth: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland
- Death: July 4, 1934, Sancellemoz, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France
- Language: Polish, French
- Who she was: Polish-French scientist; The Discovery of Radium; Pierre Curie; Nobel Prize in Physics (1903)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Paul Tillich
- Birth: August 20, 1886, Starosiedle, Poland
- Death: October 22, 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Language: German, English
- Who he was: German-American theologian; Systematic Theology; Dynamics of Faith; The Courage to Be
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Mikołaj Kopernik
- Known as: Nicolaus Copernicus, Nikolaus Kopernikus
- Birth: February 19, 1473, Toruń, Poland
- Death: May 24, 1543, Frombork, Poland
- Language: Latin; Polish (?); German (?)
- Who he was: German/Polish astronomer; De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); HC
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
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| by Maria Wodzinska (his fiancee) |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Frederic Chopin
- Birth: March 1, 1810, Żelazowa Wola, Poland
- Death: October 17, 1849, Paris, France
- Language: Polish, French
- Who he was: Polish composer; mazurkas, waltzes, etudes, polonaises, sonatas; and perhaps especially, his nocturnes for piano
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Arthur Schopenhauer
- Birth: February 22, 1788, Gdansk, Poland
- Death: September 21, 1860, Frankfurt, Germany
- Language: German
- Who he was: German philosopher best known for The World as Will and Representation
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2, 3, 4)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
