Einstein and Szilard warn Roosevelt
The fear of a German atomic bomb troubled Leo Szilard. On August 2, 1939, he and Edward Teller drove to Long Island, New York. They went to ask Albert Einstein to sign a letter to President Roosevelt outlining the dangers of a German bomb project.

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