EINSTEIN AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

A grain of sand can change the course of History

An episode from the series BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Format: HD

Duration: 26’

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Available versions: French | English

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Synopsis

In August 1939, under pressure from physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt warning him of the possible development by Germany of "new bombs of a new, extremely powerful type".