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The Genius Behind the Bomb

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.

English
  • Originally Aired September 29, 1992
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network PBS
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