Torpeda czasu
Literal: Time torpedo
by Antoni Słonimski
The short novel’s heroes—Professor Pankton and his beautiful daughter Haydnee, historian Tolna, and journalist Hersey—set out from the year 2123 to change the Napoleonic Wars, starting with the French Revolution and aiming to fix matters so that mankind can advance intellectually without the hindrance of war. But the outcome is even more miserable than the original bloody history.
Should I ever track down a copy, I shall need help from my Polish colleagues in computer science to translate the story to English.