The Hungarian-American physicist--and later molecular biologist--Leo Szilard (1898-1964) helped initiate the atomic age and later worked for nuclear disarmament and world peace. Leo Szilard was born in Budapest, Hungary, on February 11, 1898, the...

Szilard was born in Budapest on February 11, 1898. He had studied only a year at the Technical Academy in Budapest before he was drafted into the army. His military experience was so unpleasant that he became a life-long pacifist. After returning to...

A native of Hungary, Leo Szilard was one of the leading contributors to the development of nuclear energy and the first atomic weapons. He was also among the earliest and most active campaigners for nuclear arms control. In 1942, with Enrico Fermi , he...

1898-1964 Hungarian-born American physicist and a leading contributor to the development of nuclear energy and atomic weapons. One of the first to realize the significance of nuclear fission, Szilard helped Enrico Fermi organize efforts behind the...

Leó Szilárd (Hungarian: Szilárd Leó, February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-American physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project. He was born in Budapest under the Austro-Hungarian Empire,...

Ernesto Cardenal Les îles étranges Paris : L'Harmattan, 2006, 469 pp. Miriam Lassonde, Université Laval Lorsque les sandinistes prennent le pouvoir au Nicaragua en 1979, le gouvernement qu'ils instaurent se caractérise notamment du fait qu'il intègre des prêtres catholiques, dont le père...

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