%0 Journal Article
%T From vaseline to the silicon revolution: the unusual history of the greatest Polish discovery that changed the world
%A Tomaszewski, Paweł E.
%J Studia Historiae Scientiarum
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.008.7709
%N 16 (2017)
%P 155-200
%K Czochralski method; trichite test of vaseline; Teal’s improvements
%@ 2451-3202
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historiae-scientiarum/article/od-wazeliny-do-krzemowej-rewolucji-czyli-niezwykla-historia-najwiekszego-polskiego-odkrycia-ktore-zmienilo-swiat
%X 
	In August 2016 exactly one hundred years passed from the discovery of the Czochralski method of single crystal pulling, named after Jan Czochralski (1885–1953), the Polish chemist and metallurgist. To celebrate this anniversary, a translation of Czochralski main publication into Polish was published. In the present paper we show the pharmaceutical inspiration which was most likely a source of the discovery of the Czochralski method. We present the evolution of this method up to obtaining huge single crystals of silicon, the fundamental element of contemporary electronics and our civilization.