Why did Einstein encourage President Roosevelt to start the Manhattan project?

Answer 1

The Manhattan Project, or more formally, the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), was the effort during World War II to develop the first nuclear weapons of the United States with assistance from the United Kingdom and Canada. Its research was directed by American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, under the overall project supervision of General Leslie R. Groves and the auspices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project's origins were in fears during the 1930s that Nazi Germany was also investigating such weapons of its own.

AnswerBecause he knew if the Allies didnt make the A-Bomb the Germans would

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"This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs,

Answer 2

The Manhattan Project was started to develop and build atom bombs. At the time it was believed that Germany and Japan were working on them because in the late 1930's it became known among phycisists that it might be possible. Albert Einstein used his influence to get the government to examine the possibility and start the program, but otherwise he had almost no part in it.

Answer 3

He encouraged FDR to start the Manhattan Project because the Nazi Germans were starting to focus their interest into nuclear physics, and had recently split the atom. Making the US build an atomic bomb would make them a step ahead of all their enemies, but has also led to other countries being eager to have it also (the arms race), and welcome to the Cold War.

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Answer 4

He was warned in the Einstein-Szilard letter of 1939 that Nazi Germany was probably already working on atomic bombs and the damage they could do.