Was he one of those unappreciated scholars, one of those geniuses "embittered by the world," as Conseil expressed it, a latter-day Galileo, or maybe one of those men of science, like America's Commander Maury, whose careers were ruined by political revolutions?
Lángész, akit "nagyon megbántottak", ahogyan Conseil mondta? Új Galilei?[3] Vagy egyike azoknak a tudományos kutatóknak, mint az amerikai Maury, akiknek pályáját derékba törték a levert forradalmak?