György Marx

György Marx
György Marx holding a lecture in 1981
Born	(1927-05-25)25 May 1927 Budapest, Hungary
Died	2 December 2002(2002-12-02) (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Citizenship	Hungary
Education	University of Budapest
Known for	Lepton numbers Law of Lepton Flavor Conservation
Awards	Order of Merit of Hungary (by the President of Hungary) (1997)[1] Academical Prize (by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (1963)[2] Kossuth Prize (1953)[3] Bragg Medal (by the Institute of Physics) (2001)[4]
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics Astrophysics Science history
Institutions	University of Budapest (theoretical physics) (1948–1970) (nuclear physics) (1970–1998)
Influenced	Frederick Reines Clyde Cowan Raymond Davis Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Bruno Pontecorvo

György Marx (May 25, 1927, Budapest, Hungary – December 2, 2002, ibidem) was a Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor. He discovered the Lepton numbers and established the Law of Lepton Flavor Conservation.^[5][6]

Life

He was the first non-British laureate of the Bragg Medal of the Institute of Physics. He deserved it for his "outstanding contributions to physics education".^[7]

Death

The tomb of György Marx and his parents in the Farkasréti Cemetery (30/2-1-3.)

Marx died on the December 2, 2002 in Budapest after a serious illness. On December 18 he was buried at the Farkasréti Cemetery with Reformed ceremony in the presence of his family, friends, disciples, colleagues and fellow scientists. Szilveszter E. Vizi, neuroscientist and president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said the prayer for him.^[8]

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