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Who did Szilard write to, seeking a signature for his letter that resulted in the Manhattan Project?

  • President Roosevelt

  • Robert Oppenheimer

  • Enrico Fermi

  • Albert Einstein

Answer

Szilard wrote to Albert Einstein in 1939, seeking his signature for a letter that resulted in the Manhattan Project. Szilard had learned that the Germans were working on a nuclear bomb, and he believed that the United States needed to start its own program to develop a bomb before the Germans could. Einstein agreed to sign the letter, and it was sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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