During World War II he was a member of the Polish resistance movement Armia Krajowa and he took part in the Warsaw Uprising.
During his work as a journalist, he wrote articles mainly concerning the subjects of psychology, physics, sociology, astronomy, parapsychology, cybernetics and futurology.
He started his career as a science fiction writer in 1953 with the novel Zagubiona przyszłość (Polish: "Lost future"), co-authored with Andrzej Trepka.
The success of Zagubiona przyszłość, sparked two follow-up novels Proxima [pl] and Kosmiczni bracia (Polish: "Space brothers") that together form a trilogy.
He remained open to multiple interpretations of reality, admitting that some events cannot be fully explained by contemporary science.