On the release of Volume 10 of the "History of Polish science"
The essay critically considers Volume 10 of a unique, unprecedented serial edition «History of Polish Science», commissioned by the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1972-2015. The volume deals with the period of 1944-1989. It treats the history of Polish science of the age of People’s Poland, among others - scholarly cooperation between the Polish People’s Republic and the USSR. The authors depict science in the People’s Poland as bipolar: negatively - from the point of view of political and ideological conditions of its development, and positively - from the point of view of analysis of the practical dimension and scientific achievements.