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The Martians of science : five physicists who changed the twentieth century /
By: Hargittai, István
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xxiv, 313 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195178459 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780195178456:; 9780195178456.Subject(s): Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963 | Szilard, Leo | Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902- | Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995 | Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 | Physicists -- United States -- Biography | Physicists -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Biography | Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Science -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 530.0922 Summary: Tells the story of five little-known Hungarian physicists who transformed 20th century science. They emigrated to the United States from Hungary in the 1930's, and were important contributors to such important experiments as the Manhattan Project.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.
Tells the story of five little-known Hungarian physicists who transformed 20th century science. They emigrated to the United States from Hungary in the 1930's, and were important contributors to such important experiments as the Manhattan Project.