Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne

Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne (WNT) is a Polish publishing house founded in 1949 and based in Warsaw. Until 1961 it operated under the name Państwowe Wydawnictwa Techniczne (State Technical Publishers). It built its reputation on scientific, technical and engineering literature, issuing works across mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, power engineering, electronics, mechanics, light and food industry, management and general technical subjects. Its list ranged from popular-science books and school aids to lexicons, monographs, academic textbooks, technical encyclopedias, handbooks and general, scientific, technical and multilingual dictionaries. WNT was particularly noted for its computer-science publishing series, including Przetwarzanie Informacji i Maszyny Matematyczne (later renamed Informatyka), Biblioteka Inżynierii Oprogramowania, Mikrokomputery and Podręczna Pamięć Programisty, alongside series such as Automatyka i robotyka, Ilustrowana encyklopedia dla wszystkich, Inżynieria chemiczna, Komputerowe słowniki, Leksykon ucznia, Ludzie – Komputery – Informacja, Ludzie wielkiego biznesu, Matematyka w ubezpieczeniach, several academic textbook lines (electronics, IT, telecommunications, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanics), Słowniki naukowo-techniczne i techniczne, Słowniki podręczne, Tajemnica – Atak – Obrona, Tworzywa sztuczne, Układy i systemy elektroniczne, Wspomaganie komputerowe CAD/CAM, Współczesna chemia nieorganiczna, Wykłady z chemii fizycznej and Żywność. Jakość. Technologia. Aniela Topulos served as editor-in-chief until May 2006, when she was dismissed on an urgent basis by the Mazovian voivode; the publisher then passed under receivership administration. Andrzej Zasieczny, owner of Agencja Wydawnicza CB, was receivership manager until April 2008, after which Bogusław Seredyński took over. On 23 September 2009 Seredyński was arrested together with Weronika Marczuk-Pazura on corruption charges linked to the publisher's privatisation; the charges were not confirmed and the arrests were found to have been unjustified. On 18 November 2010 WNT sp. z o.o. was placed in liquidation and its president Dariusz Nowak was dismissed, with the Minister of the State Treasury appointing Zbigniew Zamoyski as liquidator. Two tenders for the sale of two buildings and a plot at ul. Mazowiecka 2/4, the publisher's seat, attracted no buyers at an asking price of PLN 20 million net. In December 2011 the publisher was sold to M-Partner, owner of the online bookstore Drops.pl, and in March 2012 a company named Wydawnictwo WNT was formed to continue publishing. In 2016 all rights held by Wydawnictwo WNT sp. z o.o. were taken over by Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne was founded in 1949 in Warsaw as a Polish scientific and technical publisher. Until 1961 it operated as Państwowe Wydawnictwa Techniczne (State Technical Publishers). Over the following decades it became a major source of technical and scientific literature in Poland, publishing across mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, power engineering, electronics, mechanics, light and food industry, management and general technical subjects. Its output included popular-science books, aids for primary and secondary schools, lexicons, monographs, academic textbooks, technical encyclopedias, handbooks, general dictionaries, scientific and technical dictionaries, and bilingual and multilingual dictionaries. WNT was especially prominent in computer-science publishing. Its series Przetwarzanie Informacji i Maszyny Matematyczne was later renamed Informatyka, and it also ran Biblioteka Inżynierii Oprogramowania, Mikrokomputery and Podręczna Pamięć Programisty. Other series covered automation and robotics, chemical engineering, computer dictionaries, student lexicons, people-computers-information, big business figures, mathematics in insurance, academic textbooks in electronics, IT, telecommunications, electrical engineering, environmental engineering and mechanics, scientific and technical dictionaries, pocket dictionaries, security and defence, plastics, electronic circuits and systems, CAD/CAM computer support, modern inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry lectures, and food quality and technology. Aniela Topulos was editor-in-chief until May 2006, when she was dismissed on an urgent basis by the Mazovian voivode. The publisher then came under receivership administration. Andrzej Zasieczny, owner of Agencja Wydawnicza CB, which specialises in military literature, served as receivership manager until April 2008. From April 2008 Bogusław Seredyński was the receivership manager. On 23 September 2009 he was arrested together with Weronika Marczuk-Pazura in connection with corruption allegations concerning the privatisation of the publisher. The charges were not confirmed and the arrests were unjustified. On 18 November 2010 WNT sp. z o.o. was placed in liquidation. Dariusz Nowak was dismissed as president of the house, and the Minister of the State Treasury appointed Zbigniew Zamoyski as liquidator of the company. Two announced tenders for the sale of two buildings and a plot at ul. Mazowiecka 2/4, where the publisher was headquartered, failed to attract any buyer; the starting price was PLN 20 million net. In December 2011 the publisher was sold to M-Partner, the owner of the online bookstore Drops.pl. In March 2012 a company named Wydawnictwo WNT was formed and continued publishing activity. In 2016 all rights held by Wydawnictwo WNT sp. z o.o. were taken over by Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

• 2016

  All rights held by Wydawnictwo WNT sp. z o.o. taken over by Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

• 2012

  In March a company named Wydawnictwo WNT formed to continue publishing.

• 2011

  In December the publisher sold to M-Partner, owner of online bookstore Drops.pl.

• 2010

  On 18 November WNT sp. z o.o. placed in liquidation; Dariusz Nowak dismissed; Zbigniew Zamoyski appointed liquidator.

• 2009

  On 23 September Bogusław Seredyński and Weronika Marczuk-Pazura arrested over privatisation corruption allegations; charges later unconfirmed.

• 2008

  Andrzej Zasieczny's receivership ends in April; Bogusław Seredyński becomes receivership manager.

• 2006

  Editor-in-chief Aniela Topulos dismissed in May; publisher placed under receivership administration.

• 1961

  Ceased operating as Państwowe Wydawnictwa Techniczne.

• 1949

  Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne founded in Warsaw.

A specialist Polish publisher of scientific, technical and engineering literature, academic textbooks and reference works, historically one of the country's leading technical publishing houses.

• Informatyka series (formerly Przetwarzanie Informacji i Maszyny Matematyczne)

• Biblioteka Inżynierii Oprogramowania

• Mikrokomputery

• Podręczna Pamięć Programisty

• Automatyka i robotyka

• Ilustrowana encyklopedia dla wszystkich

• Inżynieria chemiczna

• Komputerowe słowniki

• Leksykon ucznia

• Ludzie – Komputery – Informacja

• Ludzie wielkiego biznesu

• Matematyka w ubezpieczeniach

• Podręczniki akademickie. Elektronika. Informatyka. Telekomunikacja

• Podręczniki akademickie. Elektrotechnika

• Podręczniki akademickie. Inżynieria i ochrona środowiska

• Podręczniki akademickie. Mechanika

• Słowniki naukowo-techniczne i techniczne

• Słowniki podręczne

• Tajemnica – Atak – Obrona

• Tworzywa sztuczne

• Układy i systemy elektroniczne

• Wspomaganie komputerowe CAD/CAM

• Współczesna chemia nieorganiczna

• Wykłady z chemii fizycznej

1. 1Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne – Wikipedia (Polish)pl.wikipedia.org