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Jerzy Prószyński

Jerzy Prószyński is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jerzy Prószyński rather than just read about it. In short: Jerzy Prószyński (born 1935 in Warsaw) is a Polish arachnologist specializing in systematics of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, a long-term employee of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities and the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

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Reference excerpt

Jerzy Prószyński (born 1935 in Warsaw) is a Polish arachnologist specializing in systematics of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, a long-term employee of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities and the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Biography In 1957 he completed his biological studies at the University of Warsaw. During his studies he was employed at the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, where he conducted research on spiders in the Kampinos Forest. Between 1963 and 1967 he lectured on zoology at the University of Ghana. In 1966 he obtained his Ph.D. at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. A year later he was given the opportunity to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, but he was refused a passport. In 1972 he was employed at the Higher School of Education in Siedlce (later the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities), where he headed up the newly created Faculty of Biology. In 1992 he was re-employed at the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Scientific achievements Since 1960 Prószyński's scientific activity has focused on the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of jumping spiders. He is the author of several dozen scientific publications and academic textbooks and of an online database of the Salticidae of the world. As of October 2025, the World Spider Catalog listed 51 genus names and 221 species names or synonyms of which he is either a co-author or the sole author. In 2010 he received the Pierre Bonnet Award for outstanding achievements in the field of arachnology.

References

External links "Arachnolodzy – Jerzy Prószyński", Arachnologia Polska, retrieved 2017-09-11 – list of publications Salticidae (Araneae) of the World, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2017-09-08

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jerzy Prószyński

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jerzy Prószyński before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jerzy Prószyński ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jerzy Prószyński

In research: Jerzy Prószyński appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jerzy Prószyński in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jerzy Prószyński is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1935 births, 20th-century Polish zoologists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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