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Einstein-Szilard Letter

Signs the Einstein-Szilard letter warning President Roosevelt about uranium chain reactions and possible powerful bombs.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1939Long IslandNuclear

Einstein-Szilard Letter

2 August 1939 · Long Island · United States of America · Nuclear

Signs the Einstein-Szilard letter warning President Roosevelt about uranium chain reactions and possible powerful bombs.

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