Albert Einstein alerts Roosevelt about A-Bomb

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Nuclear weapons

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Date of occurrence 1939-08-02

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On 2 August, Albert Einstein, a prominent physicist, alerted President Roosevelt to the potentiality of a future atomic bomb. In his letter to the President, Einstein averred that the development of such a weapon was a real possibility.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Albert Einstein alerts Roosevelt about A-Bomb". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5617, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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