“He was a man of contradictions: genius, loyal, virtuous. But also uncompromising and even brazen. Beloved and unbearable at the same time. A controversial scientist, and just a good man.”

— Jerzy Vetulani

Maria Mazurek, journalist and co-author of several popular science books with Vetulani. Odszedł profesor Jerzy Vetulani, wybitny naukowiec z Krakowa http://www.gazetakrakowska.pl/wiadomosci/krakow/a/odszedl-profesor-jerzy-vetulani-wybitny-naukowiec-z-krakowa,11966432/ (in Polish), Gazeta Krakowska, 8th April 2017.

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