Kraków Science Festival named after Stanisław Lem
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
17.05.2016 09:35
Late science-fiction writer, philosopher and futurologist, Stanislaw Lem, is the patron of the 16th edition of the Science Festival, which begins in Kraków, southern Poland, on Thursday.
![Stanisław Lem, pictured in 2005. Photo: Mariusz Kubik, http://www.mariuszkubik.pl [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/7bc851a1-8562-46bf-9803-96d64f752fb1.file "Stanisław Lem, pictured in 2005. Photo: Mariusz Kubik, http://www.mariuszkubik.pl [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]")
Stanisław Lem, pictured in 2005. Photo: Mariusz Kubik, http://www.mariuszkubik.pl [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Lem's death.
The slogan of this year's festival is “Time and Space”.
“Lem's work strongly refers to the concept of time and space, which are also the domain of science,” the chairman of the festival's organising committee, prof. Robert Stawarz, said.
He added that in the past, Lem's science-fiction was perceived as fiction, but now the elements in his works can be seen in real scientific achievements. (rg)