Leo Szilard once said “Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me” . Szilard was born in Hungary but somehow worked with the U.S.A. in World War Two. In the course of his life he went to many universities and studied many subjects until finally settling on physics. Szilard helped create the Atom Bomb, used persistence to innovate ways to help win World War Two and illuminate the world by changing its perspective on warfare.
Leo Szilard was an invaluable part in the creation of the atomic bomb. “He was a man of brilliant and diverse intellectual energy who discovered the nuclear chain reaction, and then went o n to help develop the atomic bomb” (Perlez, 1998). Szilard didn’t exactly create the atomic bomb, but he played a crucial role in the Manhattan Project. This project was devoted to the creation of atomic weapons of war. The idea of the atomic bomb was that when dropped it would split an atom creation a nuclear chain reaction that would end up creating a catastrophic explosion. …show more content…
“The man who initiated the atomic age, was also the man who helped found the pugwash conferences and pleaded for nuclear disarmament and world peace” (“Leo Szilard” Dictionary of American Biography). Not only did he create an extremely dangerous weapon of war, but he also wanted world peace. He said, “Theoretically I am supposed to divide my time between finding what life is, and trying to preserve it by saving the world” (Perlez, 1998). He was trying to find what life is by pursuing his career in physics, and preserved it in the pugwash conferences. After he saw the hundreds of thousands of dead people because of the bomb, he impacted the world again trying to disarm nuclear weapons. He might have been the man who took about 350,000 lives, but he was also the man who realized it was wrong and helped the world see what he
Leo Szilard was an invaluable part in the creation of the atomic bomb. “He was a man of brilliant and diverse intellectual energy who discovered the nuclear chain reaction, and then went o n to help develop the atomic bomb” (Perlez, 1998). Szilard didn’t exactly create the atomic bomb, but he played a crucial role in the Manhattan Project. This project was devoted to the creation of atomic weapons of war. The idea of the atomic bomb was that when dropped it would split an atom creation a nuclear chain reaction that would end up creating a catastrophic explosion. …show more content…
“The man who initiated the atomic age, was also the man who helped found the pugwash conferences and pleaded for nuclear disarmament and world peace” (“Leo Szilard” Dictionary of American Biography). Not only did he create an extremely dangerous weapon of war, but he also wanted world peace. He said, “Theoretically I am supposed to divide my time between finding what life is, and trying to preserve it by saving the world” (Perlez, 1998). He was trying to find what life is by pursuing his career in physics, and preserved it in the pugwash conferences. After he saw the hundreds of thousands of dead people because of the bomb, he impacted the world again trying to disarm nuclear weapons. He might have been the man who took about 350,000 lives, but he was also the man who realized it was wrong and helped the world see what he