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2. Mai 2024 · Leó Szilárd (* 11. Februar 1898 in Budapest, Österreich-Ungarn; † 30. Mai 1964 in La Jolla, Kalifornien) war ein ungarisch-deutsch-amerikanischer Physiker und Molekularbiologe. Szilárd ist vor allem bekannt durch seine Beteiligung an der Konstruktion der ersten US-amerikanischen Atombombe ( Manhattan-Projekt ).
Vor 2 Tagen · In the days before and after the first demonstration of a nuclear weapon (the Trinity test in July 1945), Hungarian Leo Szilard circulated the Szílard petition, which argued that a demonstration to the Japanese of the new weapon should occur prior to actual use on Japan, and that the weapons should never be used on people. In response to Szilard's petition, Teller consulted his friend Robert ...
Vor 3 Tagen · In August 1939, Hungarian-born physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner drafted the Einstein–Szilard letter, which warned of the potential development of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type". It urged the United States to acquire stockpiles of uranium ore and accelerate the research of Enrico Fermi and others into nuclear chain ...
Vor 2 Tagen · He also came to know and fund some of the research of refugee nuclear physicist Leo Szilard. During World War II Strauss served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and rose to the rank of rear admiral due to his work in the Bureau of Ordnance in managing and rewarding plants engaged in production of munitions.
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25. Apr. 2024 · After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, the physicists Albert Einstein, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner warned the U.S. government of the danger threatening all of humanity if the Nazis should be the first to make a nuclear bomb.
10. Mai 2024 · Mary Holmes (EMBL Librarian 1974-1998) explains the background to the Leo Szilard library at EMBL Heidelberg in conversation with Thomas Vaccari (EMBL Predoc...
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25. Apr. 2024 · Leslie Richard Groves was an American army officer in charge of the Manhattan Engineer District (MED)—or, as it is commonly known, the Manhattan Project—which oversaw all aspects of scientific research, production, and security for the invention of the atomic bomb. Groves was the son of an army.
