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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Leo Szilard canonical 24
Leó Szilárd 16

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Predicate Object
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 to Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
coDesigned Chicago Pile-1 experiments ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
coInvented Einstein–Szilard refrigerator ⓘ
coInventedWith Albert Einstein ⓘ
collaboratedWith Enrico Fermi ⓘ
conceived idea of a nuclear chain reaction ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-02-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-05-30 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Max von Laue ⓘ
educatedAt 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 ⓘ
religion Jewish ⓘ
sentLetterTo Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
spouse Gertrud Weiss Szilard ⓘ
workedAt Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ
Salk Institute for Biological Studies ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
workedOn Manhattan Project ⓘ
yearConceivedNuclearChainReaction 1933 ⓘ

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Manhattan Project → keyScientist → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Manhattan Engineer District → employed → Leo Szilard ⓘ
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Met Lab → employed → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Chicago Pile-1 → associatedWith → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Leo Szilard → fullName → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Franck Report → author → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Franck Report → signatory → Leo Szilard ⓘ
George Weil → collaboratedWith → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Szilard petition → hasAuthor → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Szilard petition → signedBy → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Szilard–Chalmers effect → namedAfter → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Szilard–Chalmers effect → discoveredBy → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Einstein–Szilard refrigerator → inventor → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Gertrud Weiss Szilard → spouse → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Phage Group → hasMember → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Leó Spitz → alsoKnownAs → Leo Szilard ⓘ
A Petition to the President of the United States → draftedBy → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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A Petition to the President of the United States → author → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Thomas A. Chalmers → collaboratedWith → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Szilard–Chalmers effect → namedAfter → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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US1781541 → inventor → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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US1781541 → assignee → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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US1781541 → associatedPerson → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Einstein–Szilárd collaboration → hasParticipant → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Einstein–Szilárd collaboration → patentHolder → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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Einstein–Szilárd collaboration → coInventor → Leó Szilárd ⓘ
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The World Set Free → influenced → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Metallurgical Laboratory → keyPerson → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Leo → hasNotableBearer → Leo Szilard ⓘ
Maxwell’s demon → resolutionProposedBy → Leo Szilard ⓘ
subject linked to: Maxwell’s Demon