answersLogoWhite

0

Einstein and Szilard's letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 warned about the possibility of Nazi Germany developing nuclear weapons and the need for the United States to start its own nuclear research program. This letter ultimately led to the creation of the Manhattan Project, which resulted in the development of the atomic bomb.

User Avatar

AnswerBot

1y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Physics
Related Questions

When did albert Einstein have the idea of the atomic bomb?

About the time Leo Szilard told him about it and had Einstein sign the letter Szilard had written to FDR.


What president had a letter wrote to them about a nuclear weapon from albert einsten?

FDR. However Einstein did not write the letter to FDR he only signed it, Leo Szilard wrote it putting Einstein's name on it as FDR was more likely to respond to it that way, then Szilard convinced Einstein to sign it. The words were Szilard's only the signature was Einstein's.


Who convinced President Roosevelt to build an atomic bomb?

Leo Szilard wrote a letter in Albert Einstein's name and had Einstein sign it (because Einstein was well known and thus much more likely that the president would take the letter seriously than if the letter was written in Szilard's name).


Where did Leo Szilard invent the atomic bomb?

Crossing Southampton Road in London while taking a walk on September 12, 1933.


When was the Einstein refrigerator made?

Albert Einstein and his former student, Leo Szilard, patented the Einstein refrigerator in 1930.


The scientist from Germany that brought the idea of an atomic bomb to the us was?

Nobody.It was Leo Szilard, a Hungarian who had invented the Atomic Bomb in 1933 while living in London that wrote a letter to FDR about the risk if the Nazis built the atomic bomb first, then had Einstein sign it. The Szilard-Einstein letter eventually started the Manhattan Project.


What age was Albert Einstein when he invented the atomic bomb?

Einstein did not invent the atomic bomb, Leo Szilard did.


Who signed a letter to Roosevelt warning him about bombs made with uranium?

Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein, very known physicists of Jewish origin, in 1939.


Did Einstein make the blueprints for the atomic bomb?

No, Einstein had very little to do with the design of any nuclear weapon beyond signing a letter written by Szilard to FDR that warned that the Germans were likely working on such a bomb and if they were we better get there first.


Who left Germany became a citizen and urged the US to start working to build an atomic bomb before the Germans did?

Einstein signed the letter, but Leo Szilard wrote it.


Did Albert Einstein tell the president about Hitlers atomic bomb?

Hitler never had an atomic bombLeo Szilard wrote a letter to FDR about his concern that Germany might build one and Hitler would use itSzilard wrote the final draft of this letter with Einstein's name on it and had Einstein sign it as Einstein was better known than he wasSzilard and Einstein arranged to have a banker friend of FDR hand carry the letter to FDR, they did not talk to FDR personally


What inspired Albert Einstine to invent the atomic bomb?

he was adicted in atoms Albert Einstein did not invent the atomic bomb. It was invented by Leo Szilard.