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Leo Szilard

Leo Szilard (/?s?l??rd/; Hungarian: Szilárd Leó; pronounced [?sila:rd ?l?o:]; German: Leo Spitz until age 2; February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-born physicist and inventor. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi, 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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We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and wen ...

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Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expedie ...

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is i ...

If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just ...

“Don't lie if you don't have to.”

“Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the ...

“If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balan ...

“If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balan ...

“I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw ...

“Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.”

I'm looking for a market for wisdom.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

A man's clarity of judgment is never very good when you're involved, and as you grow older, and as y ...

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.