Background
Królikowski, Wojciech was born on July 16, 1926 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Stefan and Kazimiera (Tabaczynska) Królikowski.
Królikowski, Wojciech was born on July 16, 1926 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Stefan and Kazimiera (Tabaczynska) Królikowski.
Master of Science, Warsaw University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Warsaw University, 1952. Doctor of Science, Warsaw University, 1957.
He obtained 1952 his doctor degree as pupil of professor Wojciech Rubinowicz, and his Habilitation in 1957. 1956–1957 he visited the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland for scientific practice under Wolfgang Pauli. 1965 he obtained his professor title.
1961 he visited the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
He visited also the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in the Miramare Castle near Trieste, Italy. He initiated the research of the theory of elementary particles at the University of Warsaw.
He founded 1960 the Department of the Theory of Elementary Particles, and directed it till hir retirement. Together with January Rzewuski he gave the formula of relativistic quantum mechanics of some substances.
He proposed the hypothesis of compound quarks.
He created the model of three generations of leptons and quarks. Together with Wojciech Rubinowicz he wrote the handbook of Theoretical Mechanics (first edition 1955, until now nine editions). 1987 he was awarded with the.
Member of Polish Physical Society (Medal of Marian Smoluchowski 1987), Polish Academy Scis.
Married Zofia Zienkiewicz, June 28, 1950.