István Hargittai - Publication list#

Authored Books (in English)

I. Hargittai, Open Government, Open Diplomacy: Conversations with a Former American Diplomat M. André Goodfriend (Central European University Press, 2003, coming soon)

I. Hargittai, B. Hargittai, Brilliance in Exile: Diaspora of Hungarian Scientists from John von Neumann to Katalin Karikó (Central European University Press 2023)

B. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Quotable John von Neumann: Thoughts of a Great Scientist (Neumann Society 2023)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Science in London: A Guide to Memorials (Springer Nature 2021)

I. Hargittai, Mosaic of a Scientific Life (Springer Nature, 2020)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Moscow Scientific: Memorials of a Research Empire (World Scientific, 2019)

B. Hargittai, Ed., Culture and Art of Scientific Discoveries: A Selection of István Hargittai’s Writings (Springer Nature, 2019)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, New York Scientific: A Culture of Inquiry, Knowledge, and Learning (Oxford University Press, 2017)

B. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Wisdom of the Martians of Science: In Their Own Words with Commentaries (World Scientific, 2016)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Budapest Scientific: A Guidebook (Oxford University Press, 2015)

B. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Great Minds: Reflections of 111 Top Scientists (Oxford University Press, 2014)

I. Hargittai, Buried Glory: Portraits of Soviet Scientists (Oxford University Press, 2013)

I. Hargittai, Drive and Curiosity: What Fuels the Passion for Science (Prometheus, 2011)

I. Hargittai, Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century (Prometheus, 2010)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist (3rd Edition, Springer, 2009, 2010)

M. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Visual Symmetry (World Scientific, 2009)

I. Hargittai, The DNA Doctor: Candid Conversations with James D. Watson (World Scientific, 2007)

I. Hargittai, The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press, 2006, 2008)

I. Hargittai, The Tragedy of Edward Teller (a play; Budapest: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2005)

I. Hargittai, Our Lives: Encounters of a Scientist (Akadémiai Kiadó, 2004)

I. Hargittai, The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists (Oxford University Press, 2002, 2003)

B. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Candid Science I–VI: Conversations with Famous Scientists (Imperial College Press, 2000–2006)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, In Our Own Image: Personal Symmetry in Discovery (Kluwer/Plenum, 2000; Springer, 2012)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Symmetry: A Unifying Concept (Shelter, 1994; Random House, 1996)

R.J. Gillespie, I. Hargittai, The VSEPR Model of Molecular Geometry (Allyn and Bacon, 1991; Dover, 2012)

I. Hargittai, The Structure of Volatile Sulphur Compounds (Dordrecht, etc.: D. Reidel, 1985)

M. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, The Molecular Geometries of Coordination Compounds in the Vapour Phase (Amsterdam, etc.: Elsevier, 1977)

Edited Books

B. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Eds., Culture of Chemistry: The Best Articles on the Human Side of 20th-Century Chemistry from the Archives of the Chemical Intelligencer (Springer, 2015)

I. Hargittai, B. Hargittai, Eds., Science of Crystal Structures: Highlights in Crystallography (Springer, 2015)

I. Hargittai, T.C. Laurent, Eds., Symmetry 2000, Parts 1 and 2 (London: Portland Press, 2002)

A. Domenicano, I. Hargittai, Eds., Strength from Weakness: Structural Consequences of Weak Interactions in Molecules, Supermolecules, and Crystals (Dordrecht, etc.: Kluwer Academic, 2002)

M. Hargittai, I. Hargittai, Eds., Advances in Molecular Structure Research, Vols. 1‒6 (JAI Press, 1995‒2000)

I. Hargittai, T. Vidóczy, Eds., Combustion Efficiency and Air Quality (New York: Plenum Press, 1995)

A. Domenicano, I. Hargittai, Eds., Accurate Molecular Structures (Oxford University Press, 1992)

I. Hargittai, Ed., Fivefold Symmetry (World Scientific, 1992)

I. Hargittai, C.A. Pickover, Eds., Spriral Symmetry (World Scientific, 1992)

I. Hargittai, Ed., Quasicrystals, Networks, and Molecules of Fivefold Symmetry (New York: VCH Publishers, 1990)

I. Hargittai, Ed., Symmetry 2: Unifying Human Understanding (Pergamon Press, 1989)

I. Hargittai, M. Hargittai, Eds., Stereochemical Applications of Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction, Parts A and B (VCH, 1988)

I. Hargittai, B.K. Vainshtein, Eds., Crystal Symmetries: Shubnikov Centennial Papers (Pergamon Press, 1988)

I. Hargittai, Ed., Symmetry: Unifying Human Understanding (Pergamon Press, 1986)

I. Hargittai, W.J. Orville-Thomas, Eds., Diffraction studies on non-crystalline substances (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1981)

Books published in languages other than English
Selection of recent papers (in English, as of January 1, 2023)
List of books with covers