▁work ▁in ▁an ▁academic ▁research ▁labor atory . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁K ow al ski ▁attended ▁a ▁scientific ▁conference ▁in ▁the ▁US — and ▁stayed ▁on , ▁becoming ▁a ▁research ▁associate ▁with ▁Professor ▁Jack ▁Miller ▁in ▁Columbia ▁University ' s ▁Chem istry ▁department . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁ 3 5 - year ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁and ▁research er ▁of ▁Physics ▁at ▁Mont cla ir ▁State ▁University . ▁ ▁Since ▁ret iring ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁has ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁two ▁areas ▁of ▁personal ▁interest — con duct ing ▁Physics ▁experiments ▁and ▁writing ▁about ▁experience ▁under ▁the ▁Commun ism ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁from ▁an ▁anti - comm un ism ▁view point . ▁ ▁Works ▁K ow al ski ▁has ▁author ed ▁and ▁co - author ed ▁nearly ▁ 1 0 0 ▁scholar ly ▁papers ▁on ▁Physics , ▁a ▁text book ▁on ▁Physics , ▁and ▁two ▁books ▁on ▁St alin ism . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Ho over ▁Institution ▁arch ived ▁his ▁original ▁not ebook ▁di aries ▁( in ▁Polish ), ▁letters , ▁and ▁personal ▁documents ▁and ▁photograph s . ▁ ▁His ▁papers ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁online . ▁ ▁His ▁present ations ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁online . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁is ▁an ▁aut obi ography ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁di ary ▁he ▁kept ▁between ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁( in ▁the