Leo Szilard
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 60 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 11,1898 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Budapest |
| Hungary | |
| Date of died | May 30,1964 |
| Died | San Diego |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Residence | Hungary |
| Germany | |
| United Kingdom | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Gertrud Weiss Szilard |
| Job | Physicist |
| Inventor | |
| Education | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Berlin Institute of Technology | |
| Humboldt University of Berlin | |
| Books | Toward a Livable World |
| Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts. Selected Recollections and Correspondence, 1930–1945 | |
| Known for | Nuclear chain reaction |
| Awards | Albert Einstein Award |
| Place of burial | Fiumei Road Graveyard, Budapest, Hungary |
| Parents | Thekla Vidor |
| Louis Spitz | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 547280 |
Leo Szilard Life story
Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-German-American physicist and inventor. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, patented the idea in 1936, and in late 1939 wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.
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