Imaginary Books: Famous Hungarians from A to Z
[imaginary-books children Premise: A children’s picture book with short biographies of famous Hungarians, with an emphasis on mathematics, science, engineering (but with occasional pop-culture figures to liven things up). Inspired by discussions with Chris Görog about the Erziehung of his children. Entries to include…
- Asboth, Oskar (1891-1960) Inventor of the Helicoper
- Biro, Laszlo (1899-1985) Inventor of the modern ballpoint pen
- C
- D
- Erdös, Pál (Paul) (1913-1996) Prolific peripatetic mathematician JS Flex: My Erdös number is 2
- F
- Grove, Andras (Andrew) (1936-2016) Engineer and famous third CEO of Intel displacing… Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1917-2016) actress
- Houdini, Harry (1874-1926) Magician and escape artist
- I
- Jedlik, Anyos (1800-1895) Benedictine priest and inventor of the electric motor and optical gratings
- von Karman, Theodore (1881-1963) pioneering aerospace engineer — alternate Karikó, Katalin (1955-) Biochemist and Nobel Laureate (2023)
- Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Composer and pianist
- Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo (1895-1946) Painter, photographer, Bauhaus professor
- von Neuman, Janos (John) (1903-1957) Mathematician, computer scientist, physicist, and general polymath
- Olah, George (1927-2017) Carbocation chemist & Nobel Laureate
- Polanyi family Michael (1891-1976) physical chemist, economist, polymath & Nobel Laureate, Karl(1886-1964) economimic anthropologist, John (1929-) chemist & Nobel Laureate
- Q
- Rubik, Erno (1944-) Inventor of the epoynymous cube
- Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) Inventor of nuclear fission chain reaction displacing… Soros, George (1930-) Financier, philanthropist, and favorite subject of conspiracy theorists
- Teller, Edward (1908-2003) Inventor of the hydrogen bomb
- Uvardy, Ferdinand (1895-1946?) World War I flying ace
- V pick another von to fill things in…
- Wigner, Eugene (1902-1995) theoretical physicist & Nobel Laureate; alternate Wald, Abraham (1902-1950) statistician
- X : Maybe we can put….Staller, Ilona (1951-) aka Cicciolina, an X-Rated film actress
- Y
- Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf (1865-1929) Colloid chemist & Nobel Laureate