Albert Einsteins WW3 quote is more relevant than ever, authenticity aside – HITC – Football, Gaming, Movies, TV, Music

Albert Einstein is known for introducing the theory that E=mc2, but people all around the world are focusing on one of his more poignant quotes this week.

Einstein was well aware of the damaging effects of nuclear warfare and described his role in the development of the atom bomb as indirect.

However, his quote about what atrocities could come with World War Three remains a harrowing reminder of mankinds own scientific developments.

Einstein is often quoted as having said:

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

While the origin of the quote is often debated, the point still rings clear. The impact that nuclear war could have on the world is devastating, and this quote conveys that in such a short sentence.

If humans are around for a World War Four following a potential WW3, it is unlikely there will be anything left to fight with due to the magnitude and brutality of nuclear weapons.

In the 1920s, Einstein collaborated with Leo Szilrd to develop and patentan energy-efficient fridge. The pair eventually ended their partnership but stayed in touch.

In 1933, Szilrd discoveredthe nuclear chain reaction (the process that unleashes the energy locked in atoms to create explosions) and according to National Geographic became convinced that German scientists might be using current scientific developments to develop an atomic weapon.

He approached Einstein and asked him to help contact US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. So, Einstein drafted a letter to Roosevelt that warned of what might happen if the Nazis developed an atomic bomb before the United States.

In the letter Einstein advised that Roosevelt should fund an initiative to research atomic energy and wrote: It appears almost certain that [a nuclear chain reaction] could be achieved in the immediate future.

Two months after receiving Einsteins letter, the Roosevelt-appointedAdvisory Committee on Uraniummet for the first time. It was the predecessor of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret government project that eventually invented a working atom bomb.

When writing about the bombs development in a Japanese magazine in 1952, Einstein said: I was well aware of the dreadful danger for all mankind, if these experiments would succeed. I did not see any other way out.

The American Museum of Natural History explains that while Einsteins equation E=mc2 explains the energy released in an atomic bomb it did not explain how to build one.

The scientist often reminded people: I do not consider myself the father of the release of atomic energy. My part in it was quite indirect.

When asked by a Japanese magazine editor why he cooperated in the production of atomic bombs, Einstein reaffirmed that his only act had been to write to Roosevelt.

However, in an interview withNewsweekmagazine, Einstein said: Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in developing an atomic bomb, I would have done nothing.

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