Worried that the Germans would be using this finding to build a colossal bomb, Einstein signed a letter (written by physicist Leo Szilard) to the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.

On August 2 1939, one month before the outbreak of World War II, Albert Einstein, the famous German-born physicist, signed a two-page letter to US President Franklin D Roosevelt that would bring ...

74 years ago today, in 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a remarkable letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the need for the United States to compete with Germany in developing nuclear technology.

When you hear the name Albert Einstein, what do you think of ... He also wrote a famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning him that Germany might build an atomic bomb and urging ...

Some historians now believe that Maria Maric was instrumental in Einstein's early work, especially the mathematical calculations. In his letters to her he mentioned "our papers," and in one even ...

In September 2024, a letter written by Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning about the dangers of Nazi Germany’s development of atomic bombs, was auctioned for $3.9 million at ...

Allen Collection,” featured 36 items. Sale highlights included a 1939 letter from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, which fetched $3.9 million, and a Cray-1 supercomputer that sold for ...