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LEO SZILARD - THE MAN WHO OWNED THE PATENT ON ATOMIC BOMB & CHANGED THE WORLD
Leo Szilard, an almost unknown scientist in today's times, made some surprising important contributions to science and society. Give in ur 10 mins to this thread bcoz ur mind is about to be blown.
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In his university days, Szilard took courses from Einstein, who also highly praised Szilard's doctoral thesis.
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This is the reason why Szilard and Bohr (and many others) wanted to share the bomb technology with other countries (Russia specifically).
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When Szilard shouted at Groves in anger, Groves threw Szilard out of the Manhattan project and toyed with the idea of imprisoning Szilard (https://t.co/rUxmclzAUP)
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After the bombs were dropped on Japan, Szilard left nuclear physics and started working on molecular biology.
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Leo Szilard died of a heart attack in his sleep on 30th May, 1964. The next day, the New York Times published the news of his death on their front page.
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