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Saint Francis University chemistry professor Dr. Balazs Hargittai has published his fifth book, "Wisdom of the Martians of Science -- In Their Own Words with Commentaries."
The book is about five Jewish-Hungarian-American scientists -- known as the "Martians of Science" -- considered geniuses in their fields: John von Neumann, the father of the modern computer; Theodore von Karman, the scientist behind the U.S. Air Force; Leo Szilard, the initiator of nuclear weapons; the Nobel laureate Eugene P. Wigner, the world's first nuclear engineer; and the controversial Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb.
"The Martians' wisdom is less known than their discoveries, and our aim is to sample their relevant statements and put them into context," Hargittai said.
Several of his books have been co-produced with his parents, Drs. Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai, both at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
The book can be purchased on www.amazon.com.