“In Close Relationship”: Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein Cover Image

„Szoros kapcsolatban”: Szilárd Leó és Albert Einstein
“In Close Relationship”: Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein

Author(s): Tibor Frank
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Leó Szilárd; emigration; Albert Einstein; political mediation

Summary/Abstract: The author outlines the life of nuclear physicist and later biologist Leó Szilárd, from his youthful years in Budapest to his stay in Germany, England and then the United States. He presents his close relationship with Albert Einstein and their long-lasting cooperation. For the past thirty-five years, Einstein has supported the efforts of his former student and then colleague. Their unbroken cooperation regarding the fateful matters of the 20th century demonstrates their social sensitivity and their conviction that the goal of science must always be to serve humanity.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 56-61
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian