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Science and innovation

Hungary has always been proud of its scientists, the “envoys” of the Hungarian wisdom. All around the world people would look incredulously at the list, which summarizes essential objects and solutions of modern time and everyday life. The inventions in the list are, one and all, connected to Hungarian scientists.

Let’s see the list, without the need of completeness:

  • Ferenc Anisits – BMW diesel engine
  • Oszkár Asbóth – helicopter
  • Donát Bánki, János Csonka - carburetor
  • László Bíró – ballpoint pen
  • Dénes Gábor – holography
  • József Galamb – Ford Model T
  • János Irinyi – safety match
  • Ányos Jedlik – dynamo
  • Áron Losonczi – light-transmitting concrete
  • János Neumann – computer
  • József Petzvál– binoculars
  • Tivadar Puskás – telephone center
  • Ernő Rubik – Rubik’s Cube
  • Károly Simonyi– atomic accelerator

And another compelling list of Hungarian (and here born) masterminds rewarded with Nobel-Prize:

  • Fülöp Lénárd – Physics
  • Robert Bárány – Physiology
  • Richárd Zsigmondy – Chemistry
  • Albert Szent-Györgyi – Physiology
  • György Hevesy – Chemistry
  • György Békésy – Physiology
  • Jenő Wigner – Physics
  • Dénes Gábor – Physics
  • Wiesel, Elie – Peace
  • Polanyi, John C. – Chemistry
  • György Oláh – Chemistry
  • János Harsányi – Economics
  • Imre Kertész – Literature
  • Ferenc Herskó – Chemistry