The Martians of Science

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The Martians of Science
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780195365566
ISBN-13 : 0195365569
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Book Synopsis The Martians of Science by : István Hargittai

Book excerpt: Hargittai tells the story of five remarkable Hungarians: Wigner won a Nobel Prize in theoretical physics; Szilard was the first to see that a chain reaction based on neutrons was possible, initiated the Manhattan Project, but left physics to try to restrict nuclear arms; von Neumann could solve difficult problems in his head and developed the modern computer for more complex problems; von Kármán became the first director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, providing the scientific basis for the U.S. Air Force; and Teller was the father of the hydrogen bomb, whose name is now synonymous with the controversial "Star Wars" initiative of the 1980s.


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