subsets of metric spaces; the Kuratowski and Ryll-Nardzewski measurable selection theorem; Kuratowski’s post-war works were mainly focused on three strands: The development of homotopy in continuous functions. The construction of connected space theory in higher dimensions. The uniform depiction of cutting Euclidean spaces by any of its subsets, based on the properties of continuous transformations of these sets. Publications Among over 170 published works are valuable monographs and books including Topologie (Vol. I, 1933, translated into English and Russian, and Vol. II, 1950) and Introduction to Set Theory and Topology (Vol. I, 1952, translated into English, French, Spanish, and Bulgarian). He authored "A Half Century of Polish Mathematics 1920-1970: Remembrances and Reflections" (1973) and "Notes to his autobiography" (1981). The latter was published posthumously thanks to Kuratowski's daughter Zofia Kuratowska, who prepared his notes for printing. Kazimierz Kuratowski represented Polish mathematics in the International Mathematical Union where he was vice president from 1963 to 1966. What is more, he participated in numerous international congresses and lectured at dozens of universities around the world. He was an honorary causa doctor at the Universities in Glasgow, Prague, Wroclaw, and Paris. He received the highest national awards, as well as a gold medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, and the Polish Academy of Science. Kuratowski died on 18 June 1980 in Warsaw. See also List of Polish mathematicians Scottish Café Notes References (in Polish) . External links TOPOLOGIE I, Espaces Métrisables, Espaces Complets Monografie Matematyczne series, vol. 20, Polish Mathematical Society, Warszawa-Lwów, 1948. TOPOLOGIE II, Espaces Compacts, Espaces Connexes, Plan Euclidien Monografie Matematyczne series, vol. 21, Polish Mathematical Society, Warszawa-Lwów, 1950. 1896 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Polish philosophers Warsaw School of Mathematics People from Warsaw Governorate Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Members of the Polish Academy of Learning Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences 19th-century Polish Jews Polish logicians Polish set theorists Topologists University of Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin