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Péter Hédervári

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b. Budapest, 29 April 1931 to Edith Willmann and Karoly Hoffman
d. Budapest, 27 June 1984

Dr. Péter Hédervári, circa 1980

Geophysicist, scientific popularizer, amateur astronomer and member of several national and international scientific societies. Received doctorate at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. On staff of the Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute (1952–63). From 1968 on, a columnist with the weekly magazine Élet és Tudomány (Life and Science).

His special field of interest was the geology of the moon and earth-like planets. His articles on these subjects appeared in the Fizikai Szemle (Physics Review), Magyar Fizikai Folyóirat (Hungarian Journal of Physics), Földrajzi Közlemények (Geographical Bulletin), and Földtani Közlöny (Journal of Geology). Several foreign journals also published his articles. In addition, one of his most important contributions to the general understanding of the sciences were his popular articles and books.







References

Major Works (in Hungarian)

A Hold fizikája. 1962
Erök és energiák a Föld életében. 1963
Földszerkezet és földrengések.1966
Amiről a Föld mesél. 1967
Amiről a Hold mesél. 1969
A Hold és meghóditása. 1970
A Görög Pompeji: egy vulkán régészete. 1972
Az óceán fogjai. 1973
A Jávai tekercsek. 1975
A Vénusz és a Mars ostroma. 1976. (with Marik Miklós and Pécsi Tamás)
Mi újság a Földön. 1980
Csillagunk a Nap. 1980
Évezredek, vulkánok, emberek.1981
A Naprendszeren innen és túl. 1983
Üstökös kutatás az űrkorszakban. 1983
Képes csillagvilág. 1984
Ismeretlen Naprendszerünk. 1986
Vulkánkitörések más égitesteken. Földrajzi Közlöny 1959/1.

A crater near the lunar south pole is named after him (Hédervári crater).