At the time living in fear of Germany possibly taking his idea and put it to us, he decided that it was best to patent this theory so Germany couldn’t get their hands on it. In December 1938 German scientists split the uranium atom they had also theorized a similar idea or if not the same. By now Szilard believed the race was on for the atomic bomb. He had moved to the United States, and he felt the U.S. must build the a-bomb before the Nazis made their own atomic bomb. He wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt explaining how if Germany were to make the bomb first it would not be good for the world which led to the beginning of the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project costed the U.S. 20 billion dollars during the duration of the project. Many of the world 's leading
At the time living in fear of Germany possibly taking his idea and put it to us, he decided that it was best to patent this theory so Germany couldn’t get their hands on it. In December 1938 German scientists split the uranium atom they had also theorized a similar idea or if not the same. By now Szilard believed the race was on for the atomic bomb. He had moved to the United States, and he felt the U.S. must build the a-bomb before the Nazis made their own atomic bomb. He wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt explaining how if Germany were to make the bomb first it would not be good for the world which led to the beginning of the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project costed the U.S. 20 billion dollars during the duration of the project. Many of the world 's leading