Brilliance in Exile: The Diaspora of Hungarian Scientists from John Von Neumann to Katalin Karikó

by Balazs Hargittai and István Hargittai

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By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile combines scholarly analysis with fascinating portrayals of uncommon personalities. Istv n and Balazs Hargittai discuss the conditions that led to five different waves of emigration of scientists from the early twentieth century to the present. Although these exodes were driven by a broad variety of personal motivations,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9633866065

ISBN13:9789633866061

Release Date:March 2023

Publisher:Central European University Press

Length:342 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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