A letter signed by renowned physicist Albert Einstein could fetch $4 million at auction. The letter urged President Franklin D. Roosevelt to develop a nuclear program before Nazi Germany.

From his theoretical contributions to his influential letter to President Roosevelt, here is the real story of Einstein's indirect yet pivotal role in the atomic bomb's development.

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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 ...

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.

Eighty-five years ago Friday, two world-famous scientists who had fled Nazi Europe, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilárd, composed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to not let ...

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 went on to regret the letter to President Roosevelt, calling it "one great mistake in my life".

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 famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him about the Nazi's building an atomic bomb was just sold for 32.7 crores at a Christie's auction.