Leó Szilárd
Deceased Q153238

Leó Szilárd

Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)

Born: February 11, 1898 (1898) · Budapest
Died: May 30, 1964 (1964) · La Jolla
Age at death: 66 years
Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality United States, Germany, Hungary
Occupation university teacher, inventor, physicist, scientist, science fiction writer, nuclear physicist, molecular biologist
Field of work physics, atomic physics, molecular biology, nuclear bomb, chain reaction, nuclear reactor
Education Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin
Employer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Brandeis University
Gender male

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