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Albert Einstein's Letters to Roosevelt early in the war warned of the arms race regarding construction of extremely powerful bombs.

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What did a letter signed by world-famous scientist Albert Einstein communicate to Franklin D. Roosevelt early in the war?

Albert Einstein's Letters to Roosevelt early in the war warned of the arms race regarding construction of extremely powerful bombs.


Where did Albert Einstein immigrate from?

Einstein was a native of Switzerland, whose first language was German. He was well known as a scientist by the time he moved to the USA and became a naturalized American citizen.


What did Albert Einstein do to help World War 2?

he had the idea of the atomic bomb and thought the German army had more Info than USA about bombs. Roosevelt wanted to bomb Japan, then Einstein begged him in a letter not to because Germany didnt have as much info as he thought. Roosevelt died and Truman decided to finally drop the two atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki.


Did Albert Einstein become influenced by World War 2?

It was the other way around. Albert Einstein and another physicist influenced World War 2 when he wrote a letter to President Roosevelt telling him that the Germans were starting on an atom bomb. He suggested the US get an atom bomb made to stop the German Nazis. Roosevelt and his committee chose to follow Einstein's advice and the Manhattan Project was created as well as three atom bombs. However, Einstein disliked the thought of nuclear bombs being made and used. He knew the devastation it would cause. He also was leary of Humans using nuclear physics to create anything.


What best describes the result of the letter above from Albert Einstein to Franklin D. Roosevelt as it relates to World War 2?

the establishment of a project in Los Alamos to develop the first atomic bomb