Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt Launched the Manhattan Project

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Einstein, a lifelong pacifist, wrote directly to President Roosevelt warning that Hitler was racing to harness atomic energy. That single letter is widely credited with catalyzing the Manhattan Project and the birth of nuclear weapons. It is one of history's most consequential pieces of correspondence — and one of the least remembered.

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