Celebrating the Day of Hungarian Science, a brief history of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
The idea of founding an Academy did not first arise in the Hungarian Reform Era, the thought of a academic society was already in the mind of the scholar and polymath Matthias Bél. The story of its foundation is probably familiar to everyone. Today, on the 3rd of November, Hungarian Science is celebrated, and we pay tribute to this special day with the history of the Academy.