Renowned physicist Albert Einstein's letter urging President Franklin D. Roosevelt to develop the world’s first atomic bomb could fetch $4 million at auction.. The two-page letter, written in ...

Yet, Albert Einstein was not directly involved in the development of the atomic bomb. He influenced its creation in two major ways: first, by initiating the research that led to the bomb's development ...

On 2 August 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter that would result in the Manhattan Project, and one of history's most significant, and destructive, inventions – the atomic bomb.

Einstein clearly regretted the Roosevelt letter, writing in his diaries, "I made one great mistake in my life when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made ...

Christie’s auction house anticipates an explosive sale price for a two-page letter from 1939 that laid the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II. Skip to content All Sections ...

A letter from Albert Einstein, which encouraged the US to develop the world's first nuclear bombs, is to go up for auction. Written to President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1939, the note warns that ...

He presents Roosevelt with Einstein’s letter, a memo from Szilárd and an 800-word summary he has written on his own. ... Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ...

The letter that Albert Einstein penned in 1939, urging President Roosevelt to prioritize nuclear research, sold for a staggering $3.9 million at a recent Christie's auction.

Einstein was not involved in developing the atomic bomb directly, but in August 1939 he wrote a now-infamous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party ...

Albert Einstein's 1939 letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning of Nazi nuclear advancements and urging U.S. atomic research, sold for ₹32.7 crore ($3.9 million) at a Christie’s auction.