The letter Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt was about the German threat of them creating an Atom bomb. Einstein and Szilard were worried that the Germans would attempt to create a bomb with E=MC². The fear was the other German scientists would. Although Albert Einstein was one who found E=MC² he knew what it was capable, Leo Stillard warns Einstein about Germany creating the bomb, and Einstein writes a letter to the President Roosevelt urging them that this could be a threat to the United States.
Albert Einstein letter to Franklin De Roosevelt was so concerning due to the fact that it showed the possibility of the Germans creating the atomic bomb and described how it could be done. Albert Einstein described what Leo Sillard had brought …show more content…
However the project was not taking seriously till a group of physicists from a few top universities such as Chicago University, were able to create their the world's first controlled chain reaction. This gave the U.S the ambition to allocate resources to the Manhattan project. Albert Einstein himself was not informed in details about the project. Which meant he could do little to intervene in the matters. The project created thousands of jobs and cost the U.S billions to fund.
Initial Einstein did not believe the atomic bomb could be achieved he described the possibility of it happening was like having a “boy in a dark town shooting birds in the dark.” In his mind it was simply not possible. It was till Leo sillard warning him of the possibility of a chain reaction being created. Einstein theory of relativity in his mind was only to be used theoretically and he didn’t know if it could truly be harnessed as a bomb but eventually he was proved wrong. On August 6 1945 the Hiroshima bomb dropped. Einstein response was “woe always me.”
Einstein believed he was wrong to write the letter. He stated In November 1954 a couple months prior to his death “ I made one great mistake in my life… When I signed that letter to President Roosevelt recommending atomic bombs to be made.” Einstein being a pacifist took must of the blame for the atomic bomb and died regretting his
Albert Einstein letter to Franklin De Roosevelt was so concerning due to the fact that it showed the possibility of the Germans creating the atomic bomb and described how it could be done. Albert Einstein described what Leo Sillard had brought …show more content…
However the project was not taking seriously till a group of physicists from a few top universities such as Chicago University, were able to create their the world's first controlled chain reaction. This gave the U.S the ambition to allocate resources to the Manhattan project. Albert Einstein himself was not informed in details about the project. Which meant he could do little to intervene in the matters. The project created thousands of jobs and cost the U.S billions to fund.
Initial Einstein did not believe the atomic bomb could be achieved he described the possibility of it happening was like having a “boy in a dark town shooting birds in the dark.” In his mind it was simply not possible. It was till Leo sillard warning him of the possibility of a chain reaction being created. Einstein theory of relativity in his mind was only to be used theoretically and he didn’t know if it could truly be harnessed as a bomb but eventually he was proved wrong. On August 6 1945 the Hiroshima bomb dropped. Einstein response was “woe always me.”
Einstein believed he was wrong to write the letter. He stated In November 1954 a couple months prior to his death “ I made one great mistake in my life… When I signed that letter to President Roosevelt recommending atomic bombs to be made.” Einstein being a pacifist took must of the blame for the atomic bomb and died regretting his