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

by Balazs Hargittai and István Hargittai

Book Overview

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"