Pawel Max Maksym (1983-2013) Polish Astronomer and Film-maker
History and Philosophy of Physics
2013-02-28 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
The sudden and untimely death of Pawel Max Maksym will not diminish his contributions to the field of occultation astronomy, and to Polish society in general. Founder of the Pope Silvester II Observatory in Bukowiec, he was also writing a book to introduce children to astronomy. Graduating in Geography with an experimental thesis in Lunar Occultations at Lodz University, Pawel earned a diploma from the prestigious National Film School in Lodz. An expert observer, he mastered the technique of stellar occultations, fostering the scientific activity of the Observatory. A review of his publications in Minor Planet Circulars and on YouTube is presented here.
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@article{arxiv.1302.6910,
title = {Pawel Max Maksym (1983-2013) Polish Astronomer and Film-maker},
author = {Costantino Sigismondi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6910},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
18 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. Submitted to the Journal of Occultation Astronomy