with his way to make in the world could not afford to take a risk by which he might lose a great career, so Einstein felt that in this matter he had a duty.”
65
. Hoffmann 1972, 227.
66
. Arthur I. Miller, “A Thing of Beauty,”
, Feb. 4, 2006.
67
. Einstein to Maurice Solovine, June 27, 1938. See also Einstein to Maurice Solovine, Dec. 23, 1938, AEA 21- 236: “I have come across a wonderful subject which I am studying enthusiastically with two young colleagues. It offers the possibility of destroying the statistical basis of physics, which I have always found intolerable. This extension of the general theory of relativity is of very great logical simplicity.”
68
. William Laurence, “Einstein in Vast New Theory Links Atoms and Stars in Unified System,”
, July 5, 1935; William Laurence, “Einstein Sees Key to Universe Near,”
, Mar. 14, 1939.
69
. Hoffmann 1972, 227; Bernstein 1991, 157.
70
. William Laurence, “Einstein Baffled by Cosmos Riddle,”
, May 16, 1940.
71
. Folsing, 704.
72
.
, Dec. 29, 1934.
73
. William Laurence, “Einstein Sees Key to Universe Near,”
, Mar. 14, 1939.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE BOMB
1
. FBI interview with Einstein regarding Leo Szilard, Nov. 1, 1940, obtained by Gene Dannen under the Freedom of Information Act, www.dannen.com/ein stein.html. It is ironic that the FBI had such an extensive and friendly interview with Einstein to check out Szilard’s worthiness for a security clearance, because Einstein had been denied such a clearance himself. See also Gene Dannen, “The Einstein-Szilard Refrigerators,”
(Jan. 1997).
2
. Recollections of Chuck Rothman, son of David Rothman, www.sff.net/peo ple/rothman/einstein.htm.
3
. Weart and Szilard 1978, 83–96; Brian 1996, 316.
4
. An authoritative narrative is in Rhodes, 304–308.
5
. See Kati Marton,
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006).
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