Mária Telkes

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Mária Telkes

Mária Telkes (1900 - 1995) was a Hungarian-American scientist and inventor who worked on solar energy technologies.

Telkes moved to the United States after completing her PhD in physical chemistry in Hungary. She worked as a biophysicist in the United States and from 1939 to 1953 she was involved in solar energy research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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