TY - JOUR
TI - Origins of Theoretical Chemistry in Poland and the Role of Professor Kazimierz Gumiński
AU - Petelenz, Piotr
TI - Origins of Theoretical Chemistry in Poland and the Role of Professor Kazimierz Gumiński
AB - 
	This article discusses the advent of theoretical chemistry in Poland and the biography of its founding father, professor Kazimierz Gumiński. The presentation follows chronological order of the discoveries that gave rise to the onset of quantum chemistry, and the political history of that time, namely World War II and the Stalinist period. These general circumstances indirectly triggered the foundation of the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on September 1, 1952, which is viewed as the beginning of Polish theoretical chemistry.

	Most information herein is based on Gumiński’s report concerning the first ten years of the institution’s activity; the report is appended as an annex. The original and demanding training Gumiński imposed on his disciples is described from the author’s personal experience.
VL - 2022
IS - 21 (2022)
PY - 2022
SN - 2451-3202
C1 - 2543-702X
SP - 281
EP - 314
DO - 10.4467/2543702XSHS.22.009.15975
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historiae-scientiarum/article/poczatki-chemii-teoretycznej-w-polsce-rola-profesora-kazimierza-guminskiego
KW - Kazimierz Gumiński
KW - Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
KW - Jagiellonian University
KW - history of chemistry in Poland