The Nuclear Age Begins
These early documents chronicle the beginnings of the atomic age.
1939 Meitner and Frisch's Nature Article: Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons- 1939 Einstein's Letter to President Roosevelt
- 1939 President Roosevelt's response to Dr. Einstein
- 1940 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum: On the Construction of a "Super-bomb"
- 1940 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum: Properties of a Radioactive "Super-bomb"
- 1941 The MAUD Report
- 1942 Bush's Letter to Roosevelt
- 1942 Roosevelt's Memo to Bush
Any one who says that with the means at present at our disposal and with our present knowledge we can utilize atomic energy is talking moonshine.