When Nobel laureate nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi was asked if he believed in the existence of extraterrestrials, he replied: "They are already here among us... they are called Hungarians."
Because of their legendary knowledge, their brilliant imagination, the strange language they spoke to each other, and their strange English pronunciation, the 50 or so Hungarian scientists who were born in the 20th century were jokingly called Martians in American scientific circles. The world owes the greatest discoveries of the 20th century.
According to an American study, the XX. century was prepared in Budapest, as Hungarian was a native speaker, and almost every scientist who studied in one of the famous schools in Budapest studied in the 20th century. he started and further developed the computing technology that defined the 20th century, nuclear and space research.
"Neumann, Szilárd, Wigner, march out to the City Park!"
- this was not said by the math teacher to three lazy kids, but to three math geniuses: János Neumann, Leó Szilárd and Jenő Wigner, who were classmates in the Fasori High School in Budapest, and their mathematical knowledge was so astonishing that their teacher sent them to go for a walk instead of writing papers, because even the most difficult task was solved in seconds.
Later, all three became world famous.
Jenő Wigner is the inventor of the nuclear reactor, Leó Szilárd is the inventor of the atomic bomb, and Ede Teller is the inventor of the hydrogen bomb.
With their knowledge, they released enormous power from the bottle, but all three protested against using nuclear energy for war purposes, against people. In nuclear fission, they were not looking for a destructive bomb, but for a source of energy. Together with Leó Szilárd, he wrote to the American president asking for the peaceful use of nuclear fission.
It was not up to him that his great invention was deployed as a weapon of mass destruction.
János Neumann is the father of the computer, one of the greatest minds of his time. The computer he built in 1943 was the size of a room, but it is undoubtedly the ancestor of computers that have now shrunk to the size of a bag. János Neumann was an adviser to US President Eisenhower, and he talked him out of attacking China. At his deathbed, high-ranking army officers took turns to prevent him from revealing military secrets in his fever dreams.
It was unnecessary. During his deathbed, János Neumann spoke in Hungarian...
Not only the creation of the computer, but also important steps in its development are associated with Hungarian names.
János Kemény is the creator of the most widespread programming language, the Basic language, and the world-conquering e-mail system.
Károly Simonyi developed the Excel spreadsheet program, he is the second man of the famous Microsoft company, Bill Gates thanks him for becoming the richest man in the world.
László Lovász and László Bélády are considered the greatest figures of the IT revolution due to software development, and András Gróf for the creation of microprocessors and personal computers.
Kornél Lánczos, an excellent theoretical physicist and mathematician, was a colleague of Einstein, to whom the creator of the theory of relativity wrote:
"You're the only person I know who approaches physics the way I do."
Hungarian scientists were particularly attracted to the science of aviation. Their air-conquering discoveries were decades ahead of their time.
Oszkár Asbóth was born in Pankota, Arad County, and studied in Arad.
As a colleague of Tódor Kármán, he is an outstanding figure in the history of helicopters.
Craters on the Moon and Mars were named after Tódor Kármán, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by thirty universities and awarded by President Kennedy. He is the developer of the first helicopter and jet aircraft. Based on Kármán's research, the supersonic aircraft and rocket technology were made possible.
Albert Fonó is the father of the principle of jet propulsion.
The thin-walled structures developed by Miklós Hoff are still used worldwide in the construction of airplanes, space rockets, and submarines.
Zoltán Bay is a pioneer of space exploration. In 1946, at the same time as American researchers, he managed to direct signals to the moon with his radar set up in Budapest and detect an echo.
Győző Szebehelyi had a decisive role in the Americans reaching the moon: he designed the trajectory of the Apollo spacecraft.
The names of János Csonka and Donát Bánki should be known to everyone who rides in a car: the hundreds of millions of gasoline engines around the world all work with the carburetor they invented. They "got" the idea of a carburetor that mixes gasoline with air from a flower seller who sprayed water on roses by blowing air into a thin tube.
"Today was a stressful day," you tell your mother, but do you know that the concept of stress was recognized and defined by the Hungarian scientist János Selye a few decades ago.
Dénes Mihály is the inventor of television broadcasting and sound film, Péter Goldmark is the inventor of color television, and Antal Csicsátka is the inventor of stereo technology.
Ernő Rubik's brilliant invention, the magic cube that conquered the world, is not child's play - although you may have already managed to unfold all six sides. In fact, it requires very complex mathematical knowledge on the part of both the creator and the player.
The XX. The most important discoveries of the 20th century are associated with Hungarian names, and six American presidents were advised by Hungarian scientists.
The world is amazed: where does this spiritual force that shapes the world come from?
Ede Teller found the secret in our mother tongue:
"The expressive power and influence of the beautiful Hungarian language on young Hungarians is amazing and powerful. The greatest scientific discovery of my life is that there is only one language, and that is Hungarian..."
Source: Krisztina Várnay / World Watcher / Facebook
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