Albert Einstein2 August 1939
Signs the Einstein-Szilard letter warning President Roosevelt about uranium chain reactions and possible powerful bombs.
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Signs the Einstein-Szilard letter warning President Roosevelt about uranium chain reactions and possible powerful bombs.
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