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THE sixth Congress of Polish Physicists was held in Warsaw on September 29-October 1, under the presidency of Prof. Ladislas Natanson, professor in theJagellonian University, Cracow. Tho president, in his: introductory address, spoke on “James Clerk Maxwell's Childhood and Boyhood”. The principal subjects chosen for discussion included: the fortunes and misfortunes of physical theories, the polarisation of dielectrics, the physical interpretation of quantum mechanics, problems of nuclear physics, the connoxion of physical science with engineering, general relativity, theory of band spectra, teaching of physics, etc., the chief contributors being Profs. Rubinowicz, Zakrzewski, Bialobrzeski, Wertenstein, Wolfke, Weyssonhoff, Patkowski, and others. Prof. Malarski, of Lwow (Leopol), dealt with “Maryan Smoluchowski's Life and Work”. More than 120 miscellaneous papers were also presented. The Congress was decidedly successful, about three hundred members taking part in the proceedings. The next Congress will bo held in Cracow in 1934.
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Congress of Polish Physicists. Nature 130, 607 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130607c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130607c0