Albert Einstein, Public domain
Work
Einstein–Szilard letter
Letter of 2 August 1939 to President Roosevelt, warning that uranium might make a new kind of bomb.
- Dates
- 2 Aug 1939
- Wikidata
- Q714081
Connections 3
author
- Albert Einstein 2 Aug 1939 Primary record 1
- Leo Szilard 2 Aug 1939 Primary record 1
influenced
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Primary record 1
Timeline 3 dates
- 2 Aug 1939 Einstein–Szilard letter
- 2 Aug 1939 Albert Einstein authored Einstein–Szilard letter
- 2 Aug 1939 Leo Szilard authored Einstein–Szilard letter
Proof 1 source
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Manhattan Project: Einstein's Letter, 1939, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999.
Primary record
Einstein drafted his famous letter with the help of the Hungarian émigré physicist Leo Szilard
Sachs read from a cover letter he had prepared and briefed Roosevelt on the main points contained in Einstein's letter.
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