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The lecture about the prominent and controversial character from the world of science, politics and army altogether – the Major General Professor and Engineer Sylwester Kaliski, the minister of science, higher education and technology, the rector of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw) – took place on 15 March 2017 in the Bemowo Cultural Centre within the cycle of historical meetings. Dr Paweł Brudek very honestly confronted facts and myths concerning the activity of Sylwester Kaliski. The research on controlled nuclear fusion started by Sylwester Kaliski are the fundament of research of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion till today which made Poland a significant scientific partner in the development of fusion technologies worldwide.

"The Professor and general of the Polish Army Sylwester Kaliski (1925 – 1978) is a person that interestingly depicts huge social, technological and political changes happening in Poland after the World War II. Professor Kaliski identifies social promotion, career opportunity with the military, combining comprehensive interests as well as technical and scientific abilities with the acceptance of the Polish People’s Republic regime. The person of Sylwester Kaliski elevated to a range of myths connected with his huge role in Gierek’s Poland, (with emphasis on a popular experiment ‘Focus’ from 1973), alleged works on Polish nuclear weapon and – according to some – with unexplained circumstances of tragic death in a car accident in 1978. The meeting will be an attempt to organize popular knowledge on Sylwester Kaliski and the summary of his achievements 40 years after his establishment of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, the pioneer institution in the world of Polish science and technology’ – as we find out about the lecture from the announcement of the Bemowo Cultural Centre.