Although Jerzy Konorski always regarded himself as a neurophysiologist, his empirical and theoretical legacy has been in psychology. Like those of the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov, Konorski's theories, although expressed in terms of speculative...

Jerzy Konorski (born December 1, 1903 in Łódź, Poland - November 14, 1973 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish biologist. He was a pupil of Ivan Pavlov. Best known for his study of "type II conditioned reflexes," or secondary conditioned reflexes, he...

With his death Jerzy Toeplitz becomes the missing link between Roman Polanski and Jane Campion, Andrzej Wajda and Peter Weir - one of the most influential if discreet figures in international film culture, in- directly responsible for movies as different as Patriot Games and...

Polish poet turned English novelist Jerzy Peterkiewicz was a Polish poet who became an acclaimed English novelist. He arrived in Britain in 1940 as a wartime refugee with no knowledge of the language, and went on to become Professor of Polish Literature at...