Konrad Rudnicki

Konrad Rudnicki (* 2 July 1926 in Warsaw) is a Polish astronomer and professor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków as well as a priest of the Mariavite Church. He is a member of the Free European Academy of Science (Holland), member of the Commission of Galaxies of the International Astronomical Union and member of the Mathematical-Astronomical Section at the Goetheanum, (Switzerland). Prof. Rudnicki has been a Senior Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology (1965-67), and a visiting professor at Rice University, USA (1988-89).

Konrad Rudnicki discovered several supernovae. One of them, found between two galaxies, was the first such discovery to be made in the history of astronomy. He also advanced a new hypothesis on the structure of galaxy clusters. His areas of interest include extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, philosophy of science and methodology of science. He was the discoverer of the comet C/1966 T1 called the "Rudnicki Comet" after him.

During World War II Rudnicki fought as a partisan in Gwardia Ludowa. While living with his mother Maria in Piotrków Trybunalski they harboured a Jewish family of Weintraubs who escaped the Holocaust. [http://www.mateusz.pl/goscie/zd/25/zd25-04.htm www.mateusz.pl] - interview with Konrad Rudnicki (Polish)] In January 1996 both Rudnickis received the titles of Righteous Among the Nations from Yad Vashem in Israel.

References

* [http://www.ekumenizm.pl/article.php?story=2004110313564525 Konrad Maria Paweł Rudnicki] at Ekumenizm.pl - Ekumeniczna Agencja Informacyjna, 2008.
* [http://isbndb.com/d/person/konrad_rudnicki/books.html Bibliography of Konrad Rudnicki] at ISBNdb.com
* Anna Poray, [http://www.savingjews.org/righteous/rv.htm Polish Righteous]

Footnotes

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ee also

* Science in Poland
* Polish Righteous Among the Nations

Further reading

* Konrad Rudnicki, [http://southerncrossreview.org/55/rudnicki9.htm The Cosmological Principles. Some final remarks.] SCR.