The life of Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard was full of contradictions: a longing for roots and an urge to spread his wings; a pivotal role in launching the Manhattan Project followed by a lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament; a love of physics coupled with a refusal to remain in a permanent academic position; shyness in personal encounters balanced by the courage to approach presidents and secretaries of state whenever he believed it might help the world. And he certainly never lacked the desire to save it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The staged reading of Martians offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of Szilard, an \u201cintellectual wanderer.\u201d Compared with figures such as John von Neumann or Edward Teller, he may be one of the lesser-known \u201cMartians\u201d \u2013 the nickname given to a group of Hungarian \u00e9migr\u00e9 physicists in the United States \u2013 but he was no less important. The lead role is performed by Martin My\u0161i\u010dka, alongside Karel Kocourek as the \u201cMartian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He carried a secret heavier than most people could imagine: the key to unlocking the power of the atom. A key to an immense source of energy\u2026 but also to immense destruction. Yet what if scientists in Nazi Germany were racing to uncover the same secret?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15879,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"program-year":[456],"program-category":[427],"program-genre":[],"program-country":[256],"class_list":["post-16257","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-category-meltingpot-programme","program-country-cesko-en"],"yoast_head":"\n