7-652: ATOMKI is the Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences . The institute is located in Debrecen and was established in 1954 by Sándor Szalay , the founding director. ATOMKI became independent from the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Kossuth Lajos University (presently called University of Debrecen ), where Sándor Szalay started and directed nuclear physics research for decades. At present,
14-527: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( Hungarian : Magyar Tudományos Akadémia [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈtudomaːɲoʃ ˈɒkɒdeːmijɒ] , MTA ) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest , between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca . Its main responsibilities are
21-535: Is a unit of the Academy organized by one or some closely related branches of science. A scientific section follows with attention, promotes and evaluates all scientific activities conducted within its field(s) of science; takes a stand on scientific issues as well as in matters concerning science policy and research organization, submits opinion on the activities of the Academy's research institutes, and on those of university chairs and other research units that are supported by
28-659: The Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and the study and propagation of the sciences and the arts in Hungarian. It received its current name in 1845. Its central building was inaugurated in 1865, in Renaissance Revival architecture style. The architect was Friedrich August Stüler . A scientific section
35-565: The Academy, and participates in the procedure of awarding the title of Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , the post- Ph.D academic degree, the D.Sc degree in Hungary. Today it has eleven main sections: The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts ( Hungarian : Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia ) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the MTA. Some of
42-517: The cultivation of science , dissemination of scientific findings, supporting research and development , and representing Hungarian science domestically and around the world. The history of the academy began in 1825 when Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of
49-642: The main research fields of Atomki are atom-, nuclear-, and particle physics, ion beam analytics, technique of detection and signal processing, environmental analytics, radioactive dating, radiochemistry, and solid state physics. The director is Zsolt Dombrádi, D.Sc. Some of its buildings were originally the National Orphanage for Teachers' Children, built in 1917. nuclear physics 47°32′37″N 21°37′31″E / 47.54369819601174°N 21.625223951786353°E / 47.54369819601174; 21.625223951786353 This Hungary -related article
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