Technical University of Budapest [antikvár]

Nobel prize winner D. Gábor, the creator of holography Hungary is a socialist country in Central Europe: it enjoys a temperate continental climate. The population is now nearly 11 million and the country occupies an area of some 93.000 square kilometres. The Hungarian national economy, which is an efficient combination of centralized economic planning and a decentralized competitive market system, has a well developed industrial base and Nobel prize winner G. Hevesy, a pioneer of the nuclear analytical chemistry. a highly advanced agricultural system. It has a modern welfare service and Education is highly developed. Budapest is the educational, cultural, industrial and political capital of Hungary; there are two million inhabitants. Within its area of 526 square kilometres it encompasses the river Danube, wooded hills, and a pleasing combination of the old and the new. These include Aquincum (the remains of the ancient Roman settlement of that name), new residential districts and a centre which is renowned for its restaurants, theatres and social life. Budapest is famous for its setting on the river, its bridges and the former Royal Palace in the old Castle district of Buda. The reputation of Hungarian education and science owes much to scientists like John von Neumann, who developed the principle of the computer: Leo Szilárd, known chiefly for his work on chain reactions in physics; Edward Teller in nuclear physics; Marcell Breuer the architect: Theodore Kármán in fluid mechanics. Hungarian Nobel-prize winners include Dennis Gábor (for physics); George Hevesy (for chemistry); Albert Szent-Györgyi and George Békésy (for medicine). Two of the Nobel laureates, D. Gábor, (the inventor of holography) and G. Hevesy (a pioneer in nuclear analytical chemistry) were students of the Technical University of Budapest. This university is the largest institution of higher education in Hungary. The campus is centrally situated on the west bank of the Danube. The University plays its full part in the scientific and cultural life of the country. The teaching and research staff of the University enjoy a distinguished reputation both at home and abroad; 160 of them are past or present members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Former graduates of the University include— in addition to the mentioned above— Donát Bánki, the co-inventor of the carburettor: Károly Zipernovszky, one of the creators of the transformer and Ernő Rubik, the father of the famous cube that bears his name.