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is possible and research should be carried out to develop it since Germany is already working on the bomb (1939).

In this letter, dated August 2,1939, Einstein urged President Roosevelt to pursue research on the atomic bomb. 'It may become possible,' the eminent scientist explained, 'to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated.' This breakthrough, Einstein continued, could lead to the development of a bomb capable of destroying a whole port and its surrounding territory. Ominously, Einstein noted: 'I understand Germany has actually stopped the sale of uranium from Czechoslovakian mines which she has taken over.'

is the first weapon ever invented for which the answer doesn't exist.

There is a simple answer to the atomic bomb. It is that no weapon has ever been invented for which the answer doesn't exist.

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