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Did Albert Einstein invent the atom bomb?

Updated: 7/27/2021
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Blaise Jerde

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Nowhere. Einstein did not invent the atomic bomb

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No he didn't. He came up with a formula which described the relationship between mass and energy (e=mc2). This showed how much energy would be released when mass disappeared, which is what happens when the bomb explodes, but he didn't invent it.

Leo Szilard invented the atomic bomb in 1933 and patented it on June 28, 1934. The patent was granted in 1936 and immediately sold to and classified by the British Admiralty to prevent the Nazi's from seeing it. This patent however was not enough to actually construct a working atomic bomb (it only covered the chain reaction and how to calculate critical masses).

The U.S. Manhattan Project was the first to design an actual atomic bomb. Einstein was a pacifist and refused to work on any war related projects. Even if he had been willing to it would have been impossible for him to pass the security checks the Army and FBI required to get the clearance needed for work on the Manhattan Project. Leo Szilard was one of many scientistsworking on the Manhattan Project.

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