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Although these exodes were driven by a broad variety of personal motivations, the attraction of an open society with inclusiveness, tolerance, and – needless to say – better circumstances for working and living, was the chief force drawing them abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile emigration from East to West is a general phenomenon, this book explains why and how the emigration of Hungarian scientists is distinctive. The high number of Nobel Prizes among this group is only one indicator. Multicultural tolerance, a quickly emerging, considerably Jewish, urban middle class, and a very effective secondary school system were positive legacies of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Multiple generations, shaped by these conditions, suffered from the increasingly exclusionist, intolerant, antisemitic, and economically stagnating environment, and chose to go elsewhere. “I would rather have roots than wings, but if I cannot have roots, I shall use wings,\" explained Leo Szilard, one of the fathers of the Atom Bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword (Ivan T. Berend)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph A. Galamb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilipp Lenard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1, Early 1920s \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Fleeing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErvin Bauer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Brunauer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLadislaus Farkas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDennis Gabor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge de Hevesy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheodore von Kármán\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Koestler\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen W. Kuffler\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicholas Kurti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCornelius Lanczos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn von Neumann\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgon Orowan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Polanyi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Pólya\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Rona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeo Szilard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaria Telkes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdward Teller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEugene P. Wigner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Control”—Imre Bródy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2, Late 1930s – Early 1940s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Before It Is Too Late\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael and Alice Balint\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLadislao José Biro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Erdos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn G. Kemeny\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOlga Kennard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter D. Lax\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Popjak\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValentine L. Telegdi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaszlo Tisza\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3, Immediate Post-World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Post-War and Pre-Soviet Trauma,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndre A. Balazs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZoltan Bay\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorg von Békésy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLars Ernster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn C. Harsanyi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvram Hershko\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorg and Eva Klein\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlbert Szent-Györgyi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4, 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: In the Wake of Suppressed Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaszlo Z. Bito\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndy Grove\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Lengyel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Nagyvary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Olah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGabor A. Somorjai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5, 1957‒1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Escape from “Paradise”\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGyorgy Buzsaki\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGabor Fodor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKatalin Karikó\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles Simonyi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgnes Ullmann\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Control”—Árpád Furka\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Thirty Years Later, and Continuing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex of Names\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Central European University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047192527191,"sku":"9789633866061","price":24.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789633866061.jpg?v=1750970617","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brilliance-in-exile-the-diaspora-of-hungarian-scientists-from-john-von-neumann-to-katalin-kariko-9789633866061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}