What is Poland famous for?
Nicholas Copernicus: Polish astonomer who lived between 1473-1543. He was born in Torun, Poland to a middle class family. He attended school at Krakaw and eventually moved on to Italy where he received a degree in mathematical science. Before his time, people believed in the Ptolemaic model of the solar system, which maintained that the Earth was the center of the universe. Unfortunately, this model was inadequate at predicting the positions of the planets. In 1543, Copernicus started a scientific revolution when he published the heliocentric theory, in which all the planets, including Earth, revolved around the sun. He also introduced a full mathematical system that could accurately calculate the positions of the planets at any given time. Madame Curie: she and her husband discovered some really cool stuff about atoms. She died of cancer after over-exposure to X-Rays. The dangers of x-rays were not know until many years after x-rays were discovered. Bronislaw Malinowski: anthropologis
Poland is famous for: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Father Jerzy Popieluszko, Catholic priest who was murdered by the Communists. A Movie was made about this, his murder galvanised the people against Communism. 3. Solidarity Movement 4. Lech Walesa, Solidarity Leader who became President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner 5. Causing the start of WWII, with the German Invasion in 1939 6. Lato and Boniek, legendary Polish Footballers 7. Twins, who lead Poland as President and Prime Minister. 8. General Wojciech Jaruzelski, The Communist President before the fall of the Soviet Regime. This should set you off for a start.
