Károly Simonyi

Károly Simonyi (18 October 1916 – 9 October 2001) was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book ''A Cultural History of Physics'' (''A fizika kultúrtörténete'', 1978).

He is the father of Charles Simonyi, a prominent computer-software executive who oversaw the creation of Microsoft Office. Provided by Wikipedia