György Marx

The native form of this personal name is Marx György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

György Marx (25 May 1927 – 2 December 2002) was a Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor. He discovered the lepton numbers and established the law of lepton flavor conservation.^[3][4]

György Marx
Marx holding a lecture in 1981
Born	(1927-05-25)25 May 1927 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	2 December 2002(2002-12-02) (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary
Education	University of Budapest
Known for	Lepton numbers Law of lepton flavor conservation
Awards	Hungarian Order of Merit (by the President of Hungary; 1997)[1] Academical Prize (by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; 1963)[1] Kossuth Prize (1953)[1] Bragg Medal (by the Institute of Physics; 2001)[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics Astrophysics Science history
Institutions	University of Budapest (theoretical physics) (1948–1970) (nuclear physics) (1970–1998)

Life

He was the first non-British laureate of the Bragg Medal^[5] of the Institute of Physics, in 2001. He received it for his "outstanding contributions to physics education".^[6]

Marx authored a book about several of the 20th century's exceptional Hungarian scientists, The Voice of the Martians.^[7]

Death

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

Marx died on 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]