A bulletproof vest, a condom, a universal fireman's ladder, a doormat and a mine detector are all made by Poles. Our inventors and discoverers have changed both the world of science and everyday life. Andrzej and Irena Fedorowicz in their book describe their unusual biographies and often winding roads from idea to application.
Authors of 25 Polish inventors and discoverers next to well-known heroes, such as Nicolaus Copernicus or Maria Skłodowska-Curie, they present characters that are rarely heard at school. And in the era of modern wars and the century of medicine, of course, in the Polish lands, military was dealt with, and diagnostics and treatment were improved.
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For example, a mine detector is the work of Józef Kosacki, a tank rotating periscope is the idea of Rudolf Gundlach, and a walkie-talkie that allows soldiers to communicate during World War I was constructed by Henryk Magnuski. On the other hand, Ludwik Hirszfeld developed a method of blood group determination, Edmund Biernacki - a method of detecting inflammation, and Rudolf Weigl discovered a typhus vaccine.
The authors also describe interesting facts - they tell the story of a high school graduate who invented a latex condom, a pianist, a paper clip maker, and a lawyer experimenting with a device that signals the risk of a train collision. We know that a Pole will fly on the door from the barn, but the Fedorowiczs make us realize that it was Jerzy Dąbrowski that allowed combat planes to fly, and without the work of Mieczysław Bekker, there would be no lunar rover.
25 Polish inventors and discoverers ... is a book that brings out creative and persistent personalities from the background:amateurs and professionals, people in a cap, born or experienced by fate, who consistently devoted themselves to their passion, achieving surprising results.
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