Lem’s Star Diaries
Czarna komnata profesora Tarantogi
Literal: Professor Tarantoga's black room
by Stanisław Lem
Professor Tarantoga saves human civilization! After using his
chronopad to investigate the leading scientists and artists in history, Tarantoga
concludes that without exception they are lazy drunkards. So naturally, he sends smart
young people into various eras to invent differential calculus, to paint the Mona Lisa, etc.—all while a pair of police inspectors have their
eye on him.
— based on Wikipedia
[ex=bare]Czarna komnata profesora Tarantogi: Widowisko telewizyjne | Professor
Tarantoga’s black room: Television show[/ex] by Stanisław
Lem, in Noc księżycowa (Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1963).