Szilard

Szi·lard  (zlrd, z-lärd), Leo 1898-1964.

Hungarian-born American physicist and biologist. A member of the Manhattan Engineering Project, he helped develop the first atomic bomb. Szilard was later opposed to the construction and use of all nuclear weapons and devoted himself to studying molecular biology.

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Szilard [ˈsɪlɑːd]

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(Biographies / Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) M, USnational of birth: Hungarian, SCIENCE: physicist) Leo. 1898-1964, US physicist, born in Hungary, who originated the idea of a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (1934). He worked on the atomic bomb during World War II but later pressed for the international control of nuclear weapons

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Szilard - United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964) Leo Szilard