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Post by beth on Jul 6, 2010 12:38:42 GMT -5
August 2: Albert Einstein signs a letter authored by physicist Leo Szilard addressed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, advising him to fund research into the possibility of using nuclear fission as a weapon in the event that Nazi Germany may also be conducting such research. He later regretted signing the letter.
September 1: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II.
October 11: Economist Alexander Sachs meets with President Roosevelt and delivers the Einstein-Szilard letter. Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium.
October 21: First meeting of the Uranium Committee, headed by Lyman Briggs of the National Bureau of Standards. $6,000 is budgeted for neutron experiments.
September 1: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II.
October 11: Economist Alexander Sachs meets with President Roosevelt and delivers the Einstein-Szilard letter. Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium.
October 21: First meeting of the Uranium Committee, headed by Lyman Briggs of the National Bureau of Standards. $6,000 is budgeted for neutron experiments.