Magyarország
Official "tumblog" of Magyarország, also known as Hungary
Come, visit this wonderful country!
Official "tumblog" of Magyarország, also known as Hungary
Come, visit this wonderful country!
Did you know that Hungary with a population of only 10 millions souls, has more Nobel-prize winners per head than any other nation in the world? 15, to be exact!
1905, Lénárd Fülöp (Philipp E. A. von Lenard), Physics
1914, Bárány Róbert (Robert Bárány), Medicine
1925, Zsigmondy Richárd (Richard A. Zsigmondy), Chemistry
1937, Szent-Györgyi Albert (Albert von Szent-Györgyi), Medicine
1939, Ruzsicska István (Leopold Ruzicka), Chemistry
1943, Hevesy György (George de Hevesy), Chemistry
1944, Rábi Izidor (Isidor Rabi), Chemistry
1961, Békesy György (Georg von Békésy), Medicine
1963, Wigner Jenő (Eugene P. Wigner), Physics
1971, Gábor Dénes (Dennis Gabor), Physics
1986, Polányi János (John C. Polanyi), Chemistry
1986, Wiesel Eliézer (Elie Wiesel), Peace
1994, Oláh György (George A. Olah), Chemistry
1994, Harsányi János (John C. Harsanyi), Economics
2002, Kertész Imre (Imre Kertész), Literature
