Part of the group of brilliant Hungarian "Martians" - scientists whose intellects and achievements were considered off-the-charts - Szilard was the most perspicacious in anticipating world events, and the most politically savvy. Among twentieth century scientists Szilárd stands out as the great prophet who anticipated both the advent of Nazism and the coming of the nuclear arms race. Leo Szilárd: peripatetic Hungarian genius, imperious habitue of hotel lobbies, soothsayer without peer among scientists. Yesterday marked Leo Szilárd's one hundred and fifteenth birthday.
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