The H Bomb
Essay
By: Albert Einstein Date: 1950 Source: Einstein, Albert. Introduction to The H Bomb. New York: Didier, 1950, 13–15.
About the Author: Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was born in Ulm, Germany, and received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Zurich. In 1905, he published papers on Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, and the special theory of relativity. In 1916, he announced his general theory of relativity, whose confirmation in 1919 won him worldwide fame. He won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. He died in Princeton, New Jersey.
Introduction
Albert Einstein played a critical role in the development of the first atomic bomb. As early as 1939, he and a small group of American physicists perceived that Nazi Germany was attempting to build a uranium bomb. In consultation with other physicists, Einstein sent a letter that year to President Franklin D....
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