The first disturbing reports reached Delta Force Lieutenant Colonel Charley Castillo in the form of backchannel messages concerning covert U.S. intelligence assets working for a variety of agencies suddenly gone missing and then, suddenly, inexplicably, found dying. Or dead. One in Budapest, Hungary. One in Kiev, Ukraine. One in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, mere klicks from the Iran border. And then one in Virginia, along the Potomac River, practically in the shadow of CIA headquarters.
A Life of Magic Chemistry - Autobiographical Reflections of a Nobel Prize Winner
How did a young man who grew up in Hungary between the two World Wars go from cleaning rubble and moving pianos at the end of World War II in the Budapest Opera House to winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? George Olah takes us on a remarkable journey from Budapest to Cleveland to Los Angeles-with a stopover in Stockholm, of course. An innovative scientist, George Olah is truly one of a kind, whose amazing research into extremely strong acids and their new chemistry yielded what is now commonly known as superacidic "magic acid chemistry."
This book is extremely well planned and laid out, even showing you how to use this book guide. The City of Budapest is divided into two Buda and Pest. This intersection is provided cleanly by the Danube River. Buda would be the old Section of the town. Areas of Buda and Pest are all identified and nicely colour coded, It covers in each section History, Art Galleries, Architecture, Spas, Churches and Synagogues, Restaurants, Cafes, Monuments, Palaces, Music, Culture, Markets and great days out.
Relax in the Széchenyi Medicinal Baths, observe the incredible neo-Gothic architecture of the Parliament building, and stroll along the historic banks of the Danube at sunset — Rick Steves’ Budapest allows any traveler to experience all that the country has to offer — economically and hassle-free.
