Hungarian arts and sciences : 1848-2000 / edited by László Somlyódy and Nóra Somlyódy ; copyedited by Tim Wilkinson ; typeset by Andrea T. Kulcsár.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boulder, Colo. : Social Science Monographs ; Highland Lakes, N.J. : Atlantic Research and Publications ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2003.
Description
viii, 719 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 663-677) and index.
    Contents
    • Preface / Laszlo Somlyody and Nora Somlyody
    • The Secret of Survival: Problem Solving and Creativity in Hungarian History / Tibor Frank
    • Natural Sciences and Engineering: a Procession of Giants / Zsuzsa Szentgyorgyi
    • 1. Mathematics: Under Lucky Stars / Laszlo Filep
    • 2. Hungarian Physicists at Home and Abroad: the Great Generations / Gyorgy Marx
    • 3. Computer Technology: Late Starters Come Good / Zsuzsa Szentgyorgi
    • 4. Biology - from Anatomy to Ecology / Istvan Matskasi
    • 5. Astronomy in Hungary: between Ogyalla and Budapest / Domokos Varga
    • 6. Chemistry: from Gold Assaying to the Modern Chemical Industry / Ferenc Szabadvary
    • 7. Agriculture: the Scientist's Modernising Hand / Istvan Matskasi
    • 8. Engineering: a Repeatedly Reborn Phoenix / Gyorgy Kovacs
    • Architecture and Modernisation during the Past Century and a Half / Ferenc Vamossy
    • Great Literature in an Inaccessible Language / Mihaly Szegedy-Maszak
    • Hungarian Cinema in Europe / Gergely Bikacsy
    • Visual Arts and Visual Artists, 1848-2000 / Laszlo Beke
    • Tones Reverberating around the World / Peter Halasz
    • Sport Inspired by the Iron Curtain / Gyongyi Foldesi-Szabo.
    ISBN
    0880335335
    LCCN
    2003113232
    OCLC
    54769961
    RCP
    C - S
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