Károly Simonyi

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The native form of this personal name is Simonyi Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Károly Simonyi
University professor
Notable workA Cultural History of Physics
SpouseZsuzsa Simonyi
ChildrenTamás
Károly

Károly Simonyi (18 October 1916 – 9 October 2001) was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at

Technical University of Budapest
and the author of the popular tabletop book A Cultural History of Physics (A fizika kultúrtörténete, 1978).

He is the father of Charles Simonyi, a prominent computer-software executive who oversaw the creation of Microsoft Office.[1]

Biography

Simonyi was born the seventh of ten children in a small village in western

University of Sopron and in 1952 he became a professor at the Technical University, where he was known as an outstanding teacher and organized the Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering.[2]

In the 1960s he lost his directorship at KFKI Physics Research Institute, his post as department head, and finally his professorial post due to the political climate in Hungary.[3] He then undertook writing the story of the history of physics and the cultural, philosophical, and societal movements that had shaped and been shaped by its development.[4]

Károly's paternal grandfather was Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, who, as prime minister in the aftermath of World War I, signed the Treaty of Trianon.[citation needed]

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-211-24562-0
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  2. ^ "Simonyi, Károly". BME OMIKK. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ In the foreword to the English edition of A Cultural History of Physics, his son Charles Simonyi states: "Yet, in the politically charged atmosphere of the 1960s in Hungary, his quasi-apolitical personal conduct, based on the age-old virtues of hard work, good character, and charity, was interpreted as political defiance that could not be countenanced by the state." [1]
  4. ISBN 9781568813295
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