Andrzej Sołtysiak: “The best way for you is to study math, you just put some chalk in your pocket, go to the classroom and don’t care.” Choosing the field of studies – the entangled cooperation between Polish and Czech mathematicians
Andrzej Sołtysiak: “The best way for you is to study math, you just put some chalk in your pocket, go to the classroom and don’t care.” Choosing the field of studies – the entangled cooperation between Polish and Czech mathematicians
Author(s): Barbora Kulawiaková, Tomáš W. PavlíčekSubject(s): Cultural history, Oral history, Social history, History of Education, Cold-War History, Sociology of Education
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: students of mathematics; history of knowledge; Cold War; Poland; Czechslovakia; oral history;
Summary/Abstract: The edited interview with a Polish mathematician Andrzej Sołtysiak shows the influence of his father in his decision to study mathematics, the importance of his relationship as a PhD student with his mentor Wiesław Żelazko and the transfer of contacts thanks to Czechoslovak-Polish conferences on functional analysis. The authors show the importance of interconnectedness, individual contacts, and their manifestation in individual memory. They also describe the dialogue characteristics of the interview.
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 198-223
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
