O splataniu się codzienności z wielkością na przykładzie życia i działalności Śp. Profesora Józefa Zwierzyckiego

The life of Profesor Józef Zwierzycki was extremely interesting. He was born in Krobia, Western Poland, under the Prussian Partition. He completed his geological study in Berlin, at Humbolt University. Then, he worked in NetherlandIndia (presently Indonesia), where he described metallic ores (Zn, Ag), discovered crude oil, constructed geological maps, andfinally he was the chiefof the Geological Survey. Józef Zwierzycki was decorated by the Netherland Government with the Oranje - Nassau Order, the highest civil order of the Netherlands. When he came back to Poland, he was arrested by the German occupant and sent to Auschwitz. After the Second World War, he organised the geology faculty at Wroclaw University, where he gave lectures on stratigraphy and economic geology. Józef Zwierzycki supplied instruction to the Government on where to search the Cu ores in Lower Silesia. Together with eng. Wyżykowski, Prof. Zwierzycki is considered as the discoverer of this famous Cu deposit.