What has Poland contributed to the Western civilisation?

I already posted it here, but here it goes again:

newpoland.com/famous_poles_scientists_main.htm

Yes, and Jan of Lublin was one of the earliest composers in Western Europe.

It might interest people to know that the great Johann Senastian Bach had a Polish friend, and expressed interest in taking up a church music position in Gdansk!

Thats because you are afflicted by limited thinking ability...

Please add Iraq/Iran, Ancient Egypt, India/Pakistan, Turkey, Cush

What... ?

Kaluga the mathematician who in 1920 described the space of 20 dimensions was polish?His theories were accepted 50 years after.

No idea, but sounds rather more eastern.

At last a topic of substance - let's all discuss Hilbert space.

One relatively famous is Banach.

Banach-Hilbert space.

Or Sobolev spaces. Who is going to open the Quantum Mechanics thread then?

I like quantum mechainics....some of it is hard to get your mind around....but it's very interesting stuff.

It's fascinating. I have a good grounding in the subject but the pace of change in research is mind blowing at the moment. It is difficult to keep up with it.

The first I heard of it, was when reseachers were conducting experiments with subatomic particles, and found that the experiment results could not be duplicated.

When the realization came that each researcher's expectations correlated with the results, there was some degree of freaking out that followed (actual scientific term there "freaking out" because it is quantifiable- insert winking smiley).

The very idea of "mind over matter" must have sent them spinning faster than an electron in an outer shell!

I guess the Particle Physicists are getting excited these days with the Hadron Collider coming on stream in Cern. Now that is a scary subject and way beyond me. My brother in law is big time into particles and loses me before the first course has finished. And to think I used to teach him maths.

I was fascinated in school when learning about atomic particles. The idea that the number and spin of electrons in the outer shell being responsible for colors and other properties of elements was incredible to me. If had had been sharper in mathematics I would have pursued a career in science. :)

There is always this difference between mathematicians who prefer abstract analysis and empirical physicians who are based on experiment results.Now most experiments are conducted in Europe.Americans seem to have dropped the funds.
But Poles are rather good in abstract models.

I would say that the greatest contribution of Germany to civilization is the Bratwurst boy.

Southern, you really do have an interesting sense of humour!

I have noticed that americans like it.You have to be american.

And Bratwurst boy was funny.When he said that Lederhosen are popular in Germany but eating a man is not so common.Sometimes Germans rock.

10 points for Southern :)

Your humor is very dry and subtle. But I'm glad you have it. :)

Thank you.I remember when I was talking with an american girl and she kept on laughing.Now I see why.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Jan III Sobieski. He defeated the Ottomans at Vienna, thus preserving Europe for Christianity. The world, and Europe in particular, would be a very different place today without his contribution.

is christianity a european religion...
did it spread by the sword..

Islam was spread by the carrot.

you like carrots
i thought u had a girlfriend

Hey, relax, we know. Not that there is reason they got anniversary of polish occupation of Kremlin?

You seem confused.You are the muslim adilski.


You thought right.

polish contribution... marie curie... support it

Adilksi are you serious?200.000 Ottomans outside Vienna came according to you to inform Austrians about the civilizing benefits of Islam culture?
Or did they come as tourists to admire Vienna?