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Nuclear Weapons

	Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard...leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects...call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

German-born U.S. physicist
Referring to Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard. Albert Einstein was expressing concern about possible Nazi development of an atomic bomb. His letter helped convince President Franklin D. Roosevelt to initiate the Manhattan Project to develop atomic weapons in the United States.

Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 2, 1939.