The Forgotten Genius of Physics, a work on Marian Smoluchowski

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The Forgotten Genius of Physics, About Marian Smoluchowski is a popular science book whose aim is to introduce the outstanding physicist and philosopher to a wider circle of readers . It contained many biographical threads - it used memoir materials describing Smoluchowski as a teacher, scientist, mountaineer and family father, which were published in large numbers after the physicist's unexpected death.

In the last years of his life, Smoluchowski devoted a lot of attention to the problem of randomness. His research formed the basis of a new branch of mathematics - statistical physics. He is considered the creator of the discipline dealing with the application of probability theory in research in physics. Perversely, one can say that Smoluchowski's death was a coincidence. During a trip to the Ojcow region, he bathed in the small Pr (1)tnica. On the same day, sewage was released into the river in the Austrian army camp above, causing bacteriological contamination. This caused the scientist a severe attack of dysentery and prematurely ended his life.