Einstein and Szilard's Bomb (Part 2) - Leo Szilard convinces Einstein to build The Bomb

In the summer of 1939 Albert Einstein was on holiday in a small resort town on the tip of Long Island. His peaceful summer, however, was about to be shattered by a visit from an old friend and colleague from his years in Berlin. The visitor was the physicist Leo Szilard. He had come to tell Einstein that he feared the Nazis could soon be in possession of a terrible new weapon and that something had to be done.

Szilard believed that recent scientific breakthroughs meant it was now possible to convert mass into energy. And that this could be used to make a bomb. If this were to happen, it would be a terrible realisation of the law of nature Einstein had discovered some 34 years earlier.

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[Blahblobify]

Title of this video is fuckass retarded, Einstein didn't "build the bomb", in fact Einstein had NOTHING to do with it. He didn't even think of it, it was Szilard's idea, and Einstein was never even invited to the party, he was never part of the Manhattan Project.

[gouldy8]

01:38 he got the 239 and 92 the wrong way around :p

[iLOVE2DiP102]

Where is part three of this?

[timothytpe]

hey what is the documentary that this came from?

[nethoser]

It's amazing Szilard was really the canary in the coal mine so to speak. If it had not been for him, and his persistence, the Allies may never have embarked on the task of beating the Axis powers to the bomb. He is an often overlooked historical figure but the ramifications of his actions are staggering when you think about it. Sure the Japanese and Germans weren't in any shape to build their own bomb, but nevertheless.

[sasantarom]

Says the same thing in Uranium People book.

I love the book.