Konrad R. Fiałkowski (29 December 1939 – 23 November 2020) was a Polish engineer,
information technology
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scientist and
hard science fiction
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writer.
Life
Born in
Lublin
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, Fiałkowski held the titles of Professor at American
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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and
Warsaw University
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.
Scientific work
In 1966 he was part of the team which designed the
minicomputer
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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"
at filmpolski.pl
References
External links
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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
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