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Albert Einstein at his desk, Princeton 1939
Albert Einstein sits at his desk at home in Princeton, a pipe in his mouth, writing on a document surrounded by books and papers; at times he looks directly into the camera. After the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in Berlin in late 1938, scientists feared Nazi Germany might pursue an atomic weapon. In the summer of 1939 Hungarian-born physicist Leo Szilard urged Einstein to sign a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt calling for support of American uranium research. Einstein signed on 2 August 1939; the letter is considered the starting point of the later Manhattan Project.
- Period
- c. 1939–1955
- Credit
- The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH
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- HFE010189
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- 0' 34"
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- 16:9
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