László Egyed
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László Egyed was a well known geophysicist from Hungary
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He published over 100 scientific articles and 1956 the book Physics of the solid earth.
Like Ott Christoph Hilgenberg
, Samuel Warren Carey
and Pascual Jordan
, Egyed was a supporter of the Expanding Earth theory, an alternative to plate tectonics
. Egyed calculated an annual enlargement of the earth radius by approximately 1 mm (500 km since the cambrian
). On phenomenological basis, he proposed geophysical implications like a possible decrease of the gravitational constant in connection with phase transition
s within the earth. Egyed's hypotheses of phase transitions were confirmed, however, modern theories don't see the cause of this phenomenon in an expanding earth.
After Egyed's death, in the commemoration of his worldwide recognized researches, the László-Egyed-Medal is awarded every 2 or 3 years for important contributions in the field of geophysics
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Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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He published over 100 scientific articles and 1956 the book Physics of the solid earth.
Like Ott Christoph Hilgenberg
Ott Christoph Hilgenberg
Ott Christoph Hilgenberg was a German engineer, scientist and a humanist. Directly after his Abitur in the year 1914 Hilgenberg was drawn to the war service, but he was discharged after a knee injury...
, Samuel Warren Carey
Samuel Warren Carey
Samuel Warren Carey AO was an Australian geologist who was an early advocate of the theory of continental drift. His work on plate tectonics reconstructions led him to develop the Expanding Earth hypothesis.- Biography :Carey was born in New South Wales and grew up on a farm three miles from...
and Pascual Jordan
Pascual Jordan
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, Egyed was a supporter of the Expanding Earth theory, an alternative to plate tectonics
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere...
. Egyed calculated an annual enlargement of the earth radius by approximately 1 mm (500 km since the cambrian
Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from Mya ; it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's...
). On phenomenological basis, he proposed geophysical implications like a possible decrease of the gravitational constant in connection with phase transition
Phase transition
A phase transition is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase or state of matter to another.A phase of a thermodynamic system and the states of matter have uniform physical properties....
s within the earth. Egyed's hypotheses of phase transitions were confirmed, however, modern theories don't see the cause of this phenomenon in an expanding earth.
After Egyed's death, in the commemoration of his worldwide recognized researches, the László-Egyed-Medal is awarded every 2 or 3 years for important contributions in the field of geophysics
Geophysics
Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
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