Einstein–Szilárd Letter

An Einstein–Szilárd Letter is a letter written by Leó Szilárd and signed by Albert Einstein that was mailed to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.

• See: Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner, Atomic Bomb, Manhattan Project.

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2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein–Szilárd_letter Retrieved:2014-11-26.
  • The Einstein–Szilárd letter was a letter written by Leó Szilárd and signed by Albert Einstein that was sent to the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 2, 1939. Though Szilárd consulted with his fellow Hungarian physicists Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner on it, he was the principal author. The letter warned of the danger that Germany might develop atomic bombs and suggested that the United States should initiate its own nuclear program. It prompted action by Roosevelt, which eventually resulted in the Manhattan Project developing the first atomic bombs.

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