Leo Szilard. Portrait of Leo Szilard, Hungarian- American physicist (1898-1964). Szilard was a key figure in the Manhattan Project and the creation of

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Leo Szilard. Portrait of Leo Szilard, Hungarian- American physicist (1898-1964). Szilard was a key figure in the Manhattan Project and the creation of the atom bomb. Together with Albert Einstein, he warned President Roosevelt about the practicality of making an atom bomb. He was also a pioneer of the fission reactor. Photograph taken around 1920.

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