Konrad Fiałkowski Explained

Konrad R. Fiałkowski (29 December 1939 – 23 November 2020[1]) was a Polish engineer, information technology scientist and hard science fiction writer.[2]

Life

Born in Lublin, Fiałkowski held the titles of Professor at American Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Warsaw University.[3] [4]

Scientific work

In 1966 he was part of the team which designed the minicomputer series for biomedical apptilcations.[5] [6]

Books

Scientific books

Novels

Short story collections

Adaptations

Some author's short stories were adapted for film and TV: Kopia (2018, short film), based on short story Telefon Wigilijny ("Christmas Phone"); Biohazard (1977, TV film, 1975, TV show) based on short story Biohazard; Porprzez piaty wymiar ("Through the Fifth Dimension") (1973, TV film) based on the story of the same name.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/aktualnosci/nie-zyje-konrad-fialkowski/ "Nie żyje Konrad Fiałkowski"
  2. https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=62323&_k=p57te8 "prof. zw. dr hab. Konrad Fiałkowski"
  3. http://encyklopediafantastyki.pl/index.php?title=Konrad_Fia%C5%82kowski "Konrad Fiałkowski"
  4. https://www.fantlab.ru/autor2423 "Конрад Фиалковский (Konrad Fiałkowski)"
  5. https://polskiekomputery.pl/hist "Historia"
  6. Andrew Targowski, The History, Present State, and Future of Information Technology, 2016,, p. 121
  7. Book: Mariusz Karwowski . Człowiek z przypadku (recenzja książki: Konrad Fiałkowski, Tadeusz Bielicki – Homo przypadkiem Sapiens) . Forum Akademickie Lublin . 6 . 2009 .
  8. https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=1115061 "Konrad Fiałkowski"