Szilard, Gertrud Weiss.
Gertrud Weiss Szilard papers, 1920-1997 (bulk 1960-1981).
The papers of Gertrud Weiss Szilard include biographical information, correspondence, photographs, and audio recordings relating to her work and that of Leo Szilard.
Gertrud (Trude) Weiss Szilard entered the University of Vienna in 1928, studying mathematics and physics. Later, she studied physics and biology at the University of Berlin while working as a secretary and translator. During this time she met Hungarian nuclear physicist Leo Szilard, translating a manuscript for him and attending one of his physics classes. Szilard convinced Weiss to study medicine instead of physics, and she returned to the University of Vienna in 1930, graduating with an M.D. in 1936. They married in 1951, and she edited his papers after his death in 1964.
Szilard, Gertrud Weiss.
Szilard, Leo
Audiocassettes
Biography files. aat
Correspondence. aat
Photographs. aat
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