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Albert Einstein
[Text] President Roosevelt’s Response to Einstein on Atomic Bombs

  By Virginia Choi • July 21, 2014 Uncategorized
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“I found this data of such import that I have convened a Board…” The following letter was written by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein’s letter about creating a program–what will later be known as the “Manhattan Project”–for the creation of atomic bombs in … Continue reading

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[Text] Einstein’s Letter to Roosevelt on an Atomic Program

  By Sarah Dejak • July 15, 2014 Uncategorized
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“Some recent work …leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future…” The following is a letter authored predominantly by Hungarian-American physicist Leó Szilárd, but signed by Albert Einstein. It is known as the Einstein-Szilárd letter … Continue reading