bio Helena Rasiowa

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She was born in Vienna on June 20, 1917 to very patriotic Polish parents. As soon as Poland had regained its independence in 1918 the whole family settled in Warsaw, Poland. Helena started her math career in dreadful times. The outbreak of World War II cut off her studies at the University of Warsaw. She nevertheless succeeded to complete her studies during the war, at the clandestine university, and prepared a Master thesis. But the manuscript was lost during the total destruction of the city in 1944, while Helena herself barely saved her life. After the war, she first worked as a teacher in school. Then she came back to the university and reconstructed her Master’s thesis, finally developing her remarkably original path in research in the celebrated book published in 1963: Mathematics of Metamathematics.

Helena Rasiwa

(1917-1994)

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Helena was a mathematician whose work made an essential impact on mathematical logic

She was known for her sharp wit and once joked that "Mathematics is not a spectator sport; to understand it, you have to do it". It's a reminder that math can be an exciting and participatory endeavor!

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