On August 2 1939, one month before the outbreak of World War II, Albert Einstein, the famous German-born physicist, signed a two-page letter to US President Franklin D Roosevelt that would bring ...

A letter written by Albert Einstein, which encouraged the development of the atomic bomb, is going up for auction. Written to President Roosevelt in 1939, the letter warns that the US should begin ...

Allen Collection,” featured 36 items. Sale highlights included a 1939 letter from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, which fetched $3.9 million, and a Cray-1 supercomputer that sold for ...

When you hear the name Albert Einstein ... He also wrote a famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning him that Germany might build an atomic bomb and urging nuclear research.

Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman ... Writes a famous letter to President Franklin Roosevelt not long after the start of World War II that warns of the possibility of Germany's ...