Ervin Dezso

* Bratislava, March 15, 1913 – † Cluj-Napoca, September 15, 1995 / engineer, physicist ; professional writer, university professor ; ; His father was a railway engineer and technical advisor, so the family moved frequently. For this reason, he completed his elementary and secondary school studies in different cities (Lugos, Kaposvár, Hatvan, Szeged, Székesfehérvár). He obtained a diploma in electrical engineering from the József Nádor Technical University in Budapest in 1939, and then worked as a geodetic engineer during his military service (1939-1941). Between 1941 and 1945, he was an assistant professor at the Physics Institute of the Budapest Technical University and worked on molecular spectroscopy. In the fall of 1944, the optical laboratory was hit, so after the siege, in March 1945, he traveled to Cluj-Napoca, where his wife's relatives lived. He took a job, became a design engineer at the local Dermata shoe factory, and then from 1948, he was a university professor at the Bolyai and Babeş-Bolyai Universities until his retirement (1978). Initially, he taught many fields (thermodynamics, optics, electricity, nuclear physics, astronomy and philosophy). After 1959, following the merger of the Romanian and Hungarian universities, he had difficulty for years in having to lecture in Romanian, but later he was again allowed to teach certain subjects in Hungarian. He is the author of scientific information and technical articles. From 1954 to 1964, he was one of the editors of the Mathematical and Physical Journals. His physics and physiology articles were published in professional journals. His most significant study on the internal photoelectric effect of metals was published in the Physical Review (1978/7). He also wrote articles on philosophical topics. His son, Gábor Dezső (1947–2006), was a mathematician and associate professor in Cluj-Napoca. ; ; His main works: ; More Light! (youth publication, in Romanian in 1968), 1963, ; Notes from a trip to Sweden, 1969 (manuscript), Two pairs of people, four scientists, three Nobel prizes (compilation), 1970, ; The laser beam, 1972, ; Movement, force, energy, 1980.