The Nobel Laureate George de Hevesy (1885-1966) - Universal Genius and Father of Nuclear Medicine

George de Hevesy has founded Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nuclear Medicine, discovered the element hafnium and first separated stable isotopes. He was an inventor in many disciplines and his interest was not only focused on the development and refinement of methods, but also on the structure of matter and its changes: atoms, molecules, cells, organs, plants, animals, men and cosmic objects. He was working under complicated political situation in Europe in the 20th century. During his stay in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden he wrote a lot papers in German. In 1962 he edited a large part of his articles in a collection where German papers are translated in English [1]. In the reference, the original German and the English translation are given. About his life and work we can found some biographical books and articles [2-5]. Hevesy wrote an autobiographic article in the collection of his scientific papers [6].