Minko balkanski biography
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Prof. Minko Balkanski: "Bulgaria is an extraordinary source of talent"
The life story of Professor Minko Balkanski illustrates the fate of many ambitious and talented Bulgarians who emigrated during the second half of the past century lending their valuable contribution to world science and culture.
Minko balkanski biography
The renowned physicist was born in the small village of Oryahovitsa near Stara Zagora. He was fascinated by the fate of Louis Pasteur and dreamed of graduating the university of this great scholar - the elite Ecole Normale Superiore in Paris, not knowing that only French nationals were admitted there.
In the dawn of Communist Bulgaria, it was impossible to study abroad which forced Minko Balkanski choose the path of emigration. In Bordeaux, France, he began his successful scientific career that took him across continents.
The first scientific community that showed interest in his research was the Max Planck institute in Berlin, Germany.
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