Scientist Mária Telkes spent her life chasing the sun. Telkes, who was born in Hungary in 1900, first became interested in solar energy while studying at the University of Budapest.

But Mária Telkes wasn’t discouraged. The Sun Queen knew that no single house could answer the world’s solar power issues. She once said: “The problem of the sun-heated house cannot be ...

Mária Telkes was born in Budapest, Hungary, on December 12, 1900, and she received a thorough education in the sciences, including a PhD from the University of Budapest in 1924.

Mária Telkes with her solar oven, which trapped the heat from sunlight to reach 350 degrees. Premieres Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS App + Encore Wednesday, ...

Pioneering Hungarian-American physicist Maria Telkes, an early champion of the possibilities of solar energy, is being remembered on the 122nd anniversary of her birth and the 70th anniversary of ...

Mária Telkes came to the U.S. in 1932 with a driving ambition: to invent ways to harness and store the power of the sun. The future luminary was well on her way. Born in Hungary in 1900, Telkes earned ...

Maria Telkes was a pioneer in harnessing solar power for practical purposes. Two of her most notable inventions were the solar distiller and the first solar-powered heating systems. Telkes was born in ...

Mária Telkes at the Dover Sun House in February 1949. Telkes is the subject of the documentary, “The Sun Queen.” (Courtesy of Ralph Morse/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock) ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Google is celebrating the life and work of Dr. Mária Telkes -- a scientist, biophysicist and pioneer of solar energy.Telkes' work reflected her belief that the sun could change ...

Scientist Mária Telkes spent her life chasing the sun. Telkes, who was born in Hungary in 1900, first became interested in solar energy while studying at the University of Budapest.