PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN,
PARENT THEORY OF RELATIVITY – PART II
Albert Einstein (b. March 14, 1879, Ulm – d. April 18, 1955, Princeton) was a theoretical physicist ethnic Hebrew, born in Germany, stateless since 1896, Swiss 1899, emigrated in 1933 in the US, naturalized American in 1940, professor at Berlin and Princeton. He was the author of relativity theory and one of the most brilliant scientists of mankind. In 1921 I was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Send famous letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, stressing the need to atomic bomb production, as there is the possibility that the German government to use this plan. Einstein’s letter helped precipitate the efforts to obtain the atomic bomb in the United States. It should be noted, however, that Einstein had no direct personal role in its manufacture, after expressing his indignation regarding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Keywords: Albert Einstein, the first American atomic bomb, letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cuvinte cheie: Albert Einstein, prima bombă atomică americană, scrisoare către președintele SUA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt