Jerzy Vetulani in the proposition of awarding Włodzimierz Ptak the Honoris Gratia Medal of the City of Kraków, 2016.
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He was born in Kraków and decided to tie his scientific path with this city, although he would be welcome by the most prestigious universities in the world, as evidenced by the twenty-five years of romance with Yale University, where he was a visiting professor. In spite of his age (born in 1928) he does not slow down – he is still working scientifically, he publishes articles.

— Jerzy Vetulani on Włodzimierz Ptak

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He was born in Kraków and decided to tie his scientific path with this city, although he would be welcome by the most prestigious universities in the world, as evidenced by the twenty-five years of romance with Yale University, where he was a visiting professor. In spite of his age (born in 1928) he does not slow down – he is still working scientifically, he publishes articles." in the context of "Jerzy Vetulani in the proposition of awarding Włodzimierz Ptak the Honoris Gratia Medal of the City of Kraków, 2016." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jerzy Vetulani

About Jerzy Vetulani

Jerzy Adam Vetulani (21 January 1936 – 6 April 2017) was a Polish neuroscientist and pharmacologist, one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine after 1965.