A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz

Author:   Piotr Franaszek ,  Paweł Grata ,  Kozicka-Kołaczkowska Anna ,  Mariusz Ruszel
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
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9783631792919


Pages:   298
Publication Date:   31 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Piotr Franaszek ,  Paweł Grata ,  Kozicka-Kołaczkowska Anna ,  Mariusz Ruszel
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.523kg
ISBN:  

9783631792919


ISBN 10:   3631792913
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   31 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Crude oil – Ignacy Lukasiewicz – Poland – First oil company – First patent for oil distillation – Energy industry – Chemical separation – Invention of an oil lamp – Pioneering – Oil wells – Refineries – Galician oil – Witold Zglenicki – Drilling platform – pioneers of the oil industry – Kerosene lamp

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Piotr Franaszek is Professor in the Department of Economic and Social History, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His main research areas are social and economic history of the 19th and 20th centuries. His academic interests also include the problem of surveillance of Polish universities by political secret services in the communist era. Paweł Grata is Professor in the University of Rzeszów and Head of the Section of Economic and Social History in the Institute of History. His scientific interests include economic history, social history, social policy, economic policy and regional history. Anna Kozicka-Kołaczkowska is the author of a series of articles on history of the energy sector (Ignacy Lukasiewicz Energy Policy Institute), columnist, novelist and speech coach for media (University of Wrocław and University of Gdańsk). She studied Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Mariusz Ruszel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economy of the Faculty of Management, Rzeszów University of Technology. He is also Chairman of Ignacy Łukasiewicz Energy Policy Institute. His scientific interests revolve around geopolitics, geoeconomics, energy policy, energy security and natural gas market. Grzegorz Zamoyski is Professor in the Department of Economy, Rzeszów University of Technology. He is also the author of over 80 books and articles on Jewish history and socio-economic history of Galicia. His main scientific interest are history of Galicia, economic history and social history.

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