Leo Szilard

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Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-American physicist and inventor who conceived the nuclear chain reaction, played a pivotal role in the development of the atomic bomb, and later became a prominent advocate for nuclear arms control.

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instanceOf Hungarian-American
human
inventor
nuclear physicist
physicist
advocatedFor arms control
international control of nuclear weapons
awardReceived Albert Einstein Award
birthName Leó Spitz
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Germany
Hungary
United States of America
coAuthored Einstein–Szilard letter
surface form: "Einstein–Szilard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt"
coDesigned Chicago Pile-1
surface form: "Chicago Pile-1 experiments"
coInvented Einstein–Szilard refrigerator
coInventedWith Albert Einstein
collaboratedWith Enrico Fermi
conceived idea of a nuclear chain reaction
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: "Austria-Hungary"
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1898-02-11
dateOfDeath 1964-05-30
doctoralAdvisor Max von Laue
educatedAt University of Budapest
surface form: "Budapest University of Technology and Economics"

Humboldt University of Berlin
Technical University of Berlin
emigratedTo Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America
fieldOfWork biophysics
molecular biology
nuclear physics
physics
fullName Leo Szilard
knownFor Einstein–Szilard letter
Einstein–Szilard refrigerator
Szilard–Chalmers effect
advocacy of nuclear arms control
conceiving the nuclear chain reaction
contributions to the Manhattan Project
laterCareer molecular biologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
memberOf Federation of American Scientists
opposed use of atomic bombs on Japanese cities
organized Szilard petition
participatedIn development of the first nuclear reactor
patentHolderOf neutron-induced chain reaction patent
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath La Jolla, California, United States
surface form: "La Jolla, California"
religion Jewish
sentLetterTo President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
spouse Gertrud Weiss Szilard
workedAt Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
surface form: "Metallurgical Laboratory"

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
University of Chicago
workedOn Manhattan Project
yearConceivedNuclearChainReaction 1933

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Chicago Pile-1 associatedWith Leo Szilard
Franck Report author Leo Szilard
George Weil collaboratedWith Leo Szilard
MED employed Leo Szilard
subject surface form: "Manhattan Engineer District"
Met Lab employed Leo Szilard
Leo Szilard fullName Leo Szilard
Szilard petition hasAuthor Leo Szilard
this entity surface form: "Leó Szilárd"
this entity surface form: "Leó Szilárd"
Manhattan Project keyScientist Leo Szilard
Franck Report signatory Leo Szilard
Szilard petition signedBy Leo Szilard
this entity surface form: "Leó Szilárd"

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