CLASS 9
A TRULY BEAUTIFUL MIND
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Question
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Einstein was ridiculed as a child by his friends and teacher.
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Einstein left Germany when Hitler came to power.
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Einstein regretted writing to Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb.
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Einstein wrote to the United Nation promoting world peace.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He came to regret taking even this step. In an interview with Newsweek magazine, he said that “had I known that the Germans would not succeed in developing an atomic bomb, I would have done nothing."
Detailed explanation-2: -Years later, Einstein came to deeply regret his letter to Roosevelt. “Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, ” he said “I would have never lifted a finger."
Detailed explanation-3: -Einstein had written to inform Roosevelt that recent research on fission chain reactions utilizing uranium made it probable that large amounts of power could be produced by a chain reaction and that, by harnessing this power, the construction of “extremely powerful bombs” was conceivable.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Einstein-Szilard letter to President Roosevelt changed the course of history by prompting American government involvement in nuclear research. The letter led to the establishment of the Manhattan Project. By the summer of 1945, the United States had built the world’s first atomic bomb.