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The Martians of Budapest: A Legacy by Po Hung Liu is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses "The Martians of Budapest", a group of prominent Hungarian physicists and mathematicians who emigrated to the United States following political turmoil in Hungary in the 1930s. Some key members included John von Neumann, Paul Erdos, Eugene Wigner, Edward Teller, and Theodore von Karman. Many were of Jewish ancestry and came from educated families in Budapest. They received early homeschooling and excelled in mathematics/science. Despite different fields, they shared common backgrounds
- Author
- Po Hung Liu
- Language
- EN