The Martians
Subtitle: who changed the twentieth century
By: István Hargittai.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.; Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780195178456
Subjects: Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963; Szilard, Leo; Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-; Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957; Teller, Edward, 1908-; Physicists -- United States -- Biography; Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.