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Valentine Telegdi Eighty

Valentine Telegdi Eighty APH N.S., Heavy Ion Physics 15/1–2 (2002) v–vii HEAVY ION PHYSICS c Akad´ emiai Kiad´ o Valentine Telegdi (Telegdi B´ alint) was born in January 1922. Now his native country greets his cosmopolitan son, who is the most original experimentalist among the theory-oriented scientists of Hungarian roots. Valentine’s father worked for shipping companies in coastal countries. His son was born in Budapest and left the country at the age of one month. – As you see, in one month I learned speaking Hungarian rather well –heused tosay when giving lectures in Budapest in perfect Hungarian. After living in different countries, the family brought Balin ´ t back to Budapest (1928), in order to offer him a chance to attend school and to learn reading and writing in Hungarian. In 1930 the family moved to Vienna, where Valentine attended Realgymnasium till the Nazi invasion. The first encounter with science happened there, when Val got a chemical set as birthday present. An extraordinary physics teacher made a great impression upon him. Noticing the young man’s interest in atoms, Dr. Pechinger recommended to him Sommerfeld’s “Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines”. But upon reading it, Val became worried because “the book was full http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Physica Hungarica Series A, Heavy Ion Physics Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Akadémiai Kiadó
Subject
Physics; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
ISSN
1219-7580
eISSN
1588-2675
DOI
10.1556/APH.15.2002.1-2.1
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Abstract

APH N.S., Heavy Ion Physics 15/1–2 (2002) v–vii HEAVY ION PHYSICS c Akad´ emiai Kiad´ o Valentine Telegdi (Telegdi B´ alint) was born in January 1922. Now his native country greets his cosmopolitan son, who is the most original experimentalist among the theory-oriented scientists of Hungarian roots. Valentine’s father worked for shipping companies in coastal countries. His son was born in Budapest and left the country at the age of one month. – As you see, in one month I learned speaking Hungarian rather well –heused tosay when giving lectures in Budapest in perfect Hungarian. After living in different countries, the family brought Balin ´ t back to Budapest (1928), in order to offer him a chance to attend school and to learn reading and writing in Hungarian. In 1930 the family moved to Vienna, where Valentine attended Realgymnasium till the Nazi invasion. The first encounter with science happened there, when Val got a chemical set as birthday present. An extraordinary physics teacher made a great impression upon him. Noticing the young man’s interest in atoms, Dr. Pechinger recommended to him Sommerfeld’s “Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines”. But upon reading it, Val became worried because “the book was full

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Acta Physica Hungarica Series A, Heavy Ion PhysicsSpringer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 2009

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