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The Genius Behind the Bomb
Sep 29, 199255 min
Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard reenact the signing of the 1939 letter that alerted President Franklin Roosevelt to the feasibility of atomic weapons. Szilard drafted and Einstein signed the famous warning, which led to the building of the first atomic bomb.
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Episode Summary
"The Genius Behind the Bomb" is episode 11 of NOVA season 19. It aired on September 29, 1992.