Konrad R. Fiałkowski (29 December 1939 – 23 November 2020) was a Polish engineer,

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scientist and

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writer.

Life

Born in Lublin, Fiałkowski held the titles of Professor at American Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and

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Scientific work

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

Books

Scientific books

* K. Fiałkowski, , „”, Wyd. PWN, Warszawa 2008, * „Wprowadzenie do Informatyki”, 1978, Państwowe Wydawnictwa Naukowe, Warszawa (współautor J. Bańkowski). 3 wydania. * „Programowanie w języku FORTRAN dla ODRA 1300, ICL 1900, CDC CYBER 70”, 1978 Państwowe Wydawnictwa Naukowe, Warszawa (współautorzy J. Bańkowski i Z. Odrowąż-Sypniewski). * „Programowanie w języku FORTRAN” 1972, Państwowe Wydawnictwa Naukowe, Warszawa (współautor J. Bańkowski). 4 wydania. * „Autokody i programowanie maszyn cyfrowych”, 1963, Wydawnictwa Naukowo Techniczne, Warszawa. 3 wydania * „Maszyna ZAM-2”, 1963, Wydawnictwa Naukowo Techniczne, Warszawa.

Novels

* ''Homo divisus'' (1979) * ''Adam, jeden z nas'' (1986)

Short story collections

* ''Wróble Galaktyki'' (1963) * ''Poprzez piąty wymiar'' (1967) * ''Włókno Claperiusa'' (1969) * ''Kosmodrom'' (1975) * ''Kosmodrom 2'' (1976) * ''Witalizacja kosmogatora'' (1978) * Cerebroskop (1978) * Kosmodrom (1982) * Biohazard (1990) * Star City. Opowieści z Marsa (2007) (with

Rafał Kosik Rafał Kosik (8 October 1971 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish science fiction writer. He has published eleven novels. A Polish-language film based on the series ''Felix, Net i Nika'' entitled ''Felix, Net, and Nika and Theoretically Possible Catas ...

) * Nieśmiertelny z Wegi (2014) * Zerowe rozwiązanie (2014)

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."Konrad Fiałkowski"
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References

External links

* 1939 births 2020 deaths Scientists from Lublin Polish science fiction writers Polish computer scientists Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Polish fantasy writers Writers from Lublin {{sf-writer-stub