| "... No doubt, always attractive is the great, and more attractive is the greater. For this, those who get on hills are longing for the mountains and those who were on mountaines are climbing the sky-high cliffs ..." |
| / Eötvös Loránd / |
Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919) is one of the greatest figure
of the Hungarian natural science. His name denotes a physical unit
, a natural phenomenon.
After he died, several institutions were named after him.
In his life he was a well-known and respected personality of the Hungarian and the international scientific community. His name is related to the establishment of a new sience, the Geophysics.
As a professor of the university, which later on was named after him, and than as the minister of education, he gained everlasting merits in the popularization and the advance of science.
Most people were fascinated by his colorful personality. He often said, he was prouder of his sport successes than his scientific descoveries. The mountaineering "Hungarian professor" was so popular in South Tirol, that a peak in the Dolomites was named after him.
He was an enthusiastic Photographer. He made hundreds of stereoscopic slides on his mountaineering and scientific expeditions. His photographs are interesting historical documents.
The relics of the Eötvös family are treasured in Tihany, in the Geomagnetic Observatory of the Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute of Hungary. This HTML document is a virtual version of the real Eötvös Museum.
If you want to know more about this extraordinary man, please join us, and have a good time.
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