at
Los Alamos The original story from
György Marx's book
The Voice of the Martians: When the question was put to
Edward Teller who was particularly proud of his
monogram,
E.T. (abbreviation of
extraterrestrial) he looked worried, and said: "Von Kármán must have been talking." According to
György Marx, the extraterrestrial origin of the Hungarian scientists is proved by the fact that the names of
Leó Szilárd,
John von Neumann, and
Theodore von Kármán cannot be found on the map of
Budapest, but craters can be found on the
Moon bearing their names: == See also ==