The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century

By Istvan Hargittai

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Science & Math

The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century (2006) by Istvan Hargittai is a group biography. It follows Theodore von Kármán, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann and Edward Teller, five scientists born in Budapest who left Hungary and shaped modern physics and technology. Hargittai traces their friendships, their roles in the Manhattan Project and their influence on science and policy during the Cold War.