Balazs Hargittai: 2 books
Great Minds
Reflections of 111 Top Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Throughout the 1990s and the 2000s, Istvan, Balazs, and Magdolna Hargittai conducted hundreds of interviews with leading scientists in physics, chemistry, materials, and biomedical research. These interviews appeared in a variety of publications, including Chemical Intelligencer, Mathematical Intelligencer,...
Wisdom of the Martians of Science
In Their Own Words with Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Wisdom of the Martians of Science refers to five scientists whose brilliance contributed to shaping the modern world. John von Neumann was a pioneer of the modern computer; Theodore von Kármán was the scientist behind the US Air Force; Leo Szilard initiated the development of nuclear weapons; the...