Hungarian Quantum Chemistry: Part A - Early and Recent History

Prologue

Peter Surján and Agnes Szabados

Part I: Historical review

1. Pioneering attempts in Hungary on treating quantum systems

Péter R. Surján

2. The early history of Hungarian quantum chemistry: From physics to applications in chemistry and biology

Gábor Náray-Szabó

3. Edward Teller’s contribution to molecular quantum theory

Katalin Kamarás, Jenö Kürti, Péter R. Surján, and Péter G. Szalay

4. Quantum chemistry at the Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) at the early computer age, between 1962 and 1982

Peter Pulay

5. Gödel’s argument, human intelligence and the electronic structure of the substrates of life – the legacy of János Ladik

Erkki J. Brändas

6. István Mayer – chemical concepts in quantum chemistry

György Lendvay and Andrea Hamza

7. János Ángyán—A European career

Peter Reinhardt

8. Weaving the fabric of quantum chemistry: Hungarians’ contributions at home and abroad

Péter R. Surján

9. Fifty-five years of quantum chemistry

György B. Bácskay

Part II: Some Current Laboratories in Hungary

10. Kállay laboratory

Zoltán Rolik and Péter R. Surján

11. The Molecular Quantum electro-Dynamics Research Group in Budapest

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12. The Szalay Group at ELTE

Péter G. Szalay