Christopher Jargocki (born Krzysztof Piotr Leopold Jargocki, Polish pronunciation: [jarˌˈgɔtski], April 29, 1944 in Warsaw, Poland), also known by the pen name Christopher Jargodzki, is a Polish-born American physicist, author, and translator who is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Central Missouri, as well as the Director of the Center for Cooperative Phenomena.

At the age of 13, as a voice actor, he did dubbing work for the Russian children's movie Old Khottabych[2] based on a socialist-realist book by Lazar Lagin.

After obtaining his matura (high school degree) at age 17 in 1961, Jargocki passed competitive entrance exams and enrolled in the Department of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

From 1966 to 1975 Jargocki worked part-time as a translator of books and articles from Russian and other languages into English for the American Mathematical Society and SCITRAN.

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