A Polish Physicist Visits Glasgow
A Polish Physicist Visits Glasgow
Marian Smoluchowski’s Depictions of Scotland
Author(s): Aleksandra BudrewiczSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: mountains; Poland; science; Scotland; travelogue
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses selected essays by Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917), a 19th-century Polish physicist. Smoluchowski’s scientific output was outstanding (he was a pioneer of stochastic physics); apart from science, however, he was a passionate mountaineer. Smoluchowski enjoyed travelling, one of the places he visited being Scotland. He described it in his essays, e.g. “Wycieczki górskie w Szkocji” (1896), which will be discussed here. Smoluchowski’s visions and impressions of Scotland are also placed against the backdrop of selected other 19th-century Polish travellers who visited and wrote about Scotland.
Journal: ANGLICA - An International Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 29/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 73-84
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English, Polish