The story of Leo Szilard

Physicist who helped draft the letter of 1939, and in 1945 wrote a petition against using the bomb on Japan without terms.

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1898–1964

Leo Szilard. Physicist who helped draft the letter of 1939, and in 1945 wrote a petition against using the bomb on Japan without terms.

2 Aug 1939

17 Jul 1945

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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Leo Szilard, U.S. Department of Energy, Public domain; Einstein–Szilard letter, Albert Einstein, Public domain; Szilard petition, Leó Szilárd, Public domain.